{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#66 - Dr. Dan Hooper - Can We Answer the Biggest Questions in Astrophysics? ","description":"Episode 66 features astrophysicist Dr. Dan Hooper. Dan is a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago.  We discuss the biggest open questions in astrophysics today and how they might be solved. Dark energy, dark matter, the beginning of our Universe, the Higgs Boson, and so much more are covered in this episode!  Dan's newest book At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe\u2019s First Seconds is available now wherever books are sold. Buy it on Amazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Edge-Time-Exploring-Mysteries-Essentials\/dp\/0691183562\/. Follow Dan on Twitter at https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanHooperAstro. His previous books Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and Force and Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy can be found on Amazon at: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061558362\/ and https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061130338\/, respectively.   Join our mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com to be eligible for giveaways and to receive show updates! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you listen on.  Consider becoming a Patron by donating to the show on Patreon at https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thestateoftheuniverse or Paypal at https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow Brendan on Twitter and Instagram @BrendanDrachler.  The music in this episode can be found at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Y2M-8JG_qY&list=RD2Y2M-8JG_qY. ","author_name":"The State of The Universe","author_url":"http:\/\/thestateoftheuniverse.com","html":"