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Astronomy Cast Episode 400, the state of the universe.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.

We'll help you understand only what we know, but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of the university with me is Dr. Pamela Gay, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the director of CosmicQuest.

Keep it my turn.

I'm doing well, how are you doing, Fraser?

Happy 400th episode!

Yay! It's really kind of amazing that we've been able to do this, and so many people have come along with us for the entire ride, and have been there supporting us through messages, through donations, through wearing our t-shirts.

That's actually kind of my favorite things, to like see an astronomy cast shirt in the wild.

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It's amazing, you know, like we started in the fall of 2006.

Where I wanted people to know the story, I wanted to start a podcast, you were already doing a podcast.

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