#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars

Anna Frebel is an astronomer and astrophysicist at MIT. Please
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (05:26)
- First elements (12:35) - Milky Way (16:11) - Alien worlds (19:16)
- Protogalaxies (24:29) - Black holes (29:27) - Stellar archeology
(38:42) - Oldest stars (46:32) - Metal-poor stars (1:02:05) -
Neutron capture (1:07:01) - Neutron stars (1:12:30) - Dwarf
galaxies (1:17:10) - Star observation (1:45:27) - James Webb Space
Telescope (1:51:17) - Future of space observation (1:54:26) - Age
of the universe (2:07:34) - Most beautiful idea in astronomy
(2:11:23) - Advice for young people (2:20:17) - Meaning of life