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[Interview+] A NIAC Project That Could Crush The Hubble Tension

01.04.2026
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Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn

šŸ“œ NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141

šŸ“œ Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947

  • Intro
  • What are Fast Radio Bursts
  • Measuring distances with FRBs
  • How to improve the accuracy of measurements
  • Cosmic Positioning System
  • Alternative use cases
  • Current obsessions
  • Final thoughts