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Episode 43 - early dark energy, the fate of Venusian moons, and the power of forbidden lines

September 1, 2026·30 min
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In this week's episode, Michelle and Payel ask whether early dark energy leaves a detectable imprint on large-scale structure, and whether Venus once had a moon — and what might have happened to it. They also each pick a paper using forbidden line emission to probe galaxy evolution, including one testing whether some extremely metal-poor galaxies are impostors.

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