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Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

The Quest for the Edge of the Universe with Katie Mack

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2016

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Does the universe go on forever? Or does it have an edge? Jack and Kate have a few ideas about how to find out, involving a GoPro and a rocket. We ask astrophysicist Katie Mack if the universe is infinite and if a robot explorer will ever send us a selfie from the very edge of its expansion. Her answer will boggle your mind. Visit tumblepodcast.com to learn more! Subscribe on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tumble-podcast/id984771479, and leave us a review. Music by Marshall Escamilla and Podington Bear. Photo of a distant galaxy cluster courtesy of NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).

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0:00.0

Hey Marshall. Hey. Can you tell me what astrophysics is? Physics done by the dog

0:09.6

Astro from the Jetsons. Physics done by an astronaut. That's getting closer. Could

0:16.9

it be physics done by a member of the Houston Astros baseball team? If a

0:21.3

member of the Houston Astros baseball team studied stuff like black holes,

0:25.8

dark energy and dark matter, the birth of the universe, and the birth of

0:29.9

galaxies, and all the other questions about the universe, then yes. Okay, so you're

0:35.3

talking about Craig Bigeo. It's physics done by Craig Bigeo, the perennial second

0:40.6

basement for the Houston Astros, and I believe Hall of Famer. I'm gonna look

0:44.3

that up on his Wikipedia page.

0:47.7

I'm Lindsay. And I'm Marshall. And welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore

0:56.7

stories of science discovery. Today we're asking, can scientists find the edge of

1:02.9

the universe, or does the universe go on forever? To infinity and beyond.

1:17.7

Tumble's brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters. If you're so

1:24.8

inspired by me and Lindsay that you want to make a podcast of your own, Spotify

1:28.8

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1:32.9

got audio you've recorded that you want to upload, go ahead. If you don't, you

1:36.8

can record your show right on Spotify's platform and even edit and add music

1:41.0

there. Then when you're done, Spotify will send everything to all the major

1:44.8

podcasting platforms. See easy. To get started just go to Spotify.com slash

1:49.8

podcasters or download the Spotify for podcasters app. We're back at St. Andrews

1:56.6

in Austin, Texas with some fifth graders who really want to know about astrophysics.

2:04.7

Okay, I'm Jack and I'm 11. I'm Kate and I'm 11. Jack and Kate were super excited

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