Marcus Chown: Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe?

<p>In the New Year issue of <em>BBC Science Focus Magazine</em>, we cover the biggest ideas that you need to understand in 2021. Over the next few episodes of the <em>Science Focus Podcast</em>, we’ll be talking to the experts who will explain these ideas in their own words.</p><p>In this episode, we talk to science writer Marcus Chown, who tells us all about the major problems in our current understanding of cosmology. We discuss the Big Bang, dark matter, inflation, and what we still don't know about the formation of our Universe.</p><p>Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.</p><ul><li><strong>Subscribe</strong>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Science Focus Podcast</em>&nbsp;on these services:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acast</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-focus-podcast/id1296673906?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iTunes</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/immediate-media-2/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://rss.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSS</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1296673906/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Overcast</a></li></ul><p><strong>Listen to more episodes of the&nbsp;<em>Science Focus Podcast</em>:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/katie-mack-how-will-the-universe-end/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katie Mack: How will the Universe end?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/dr-douglas-vakoch-should-we-try-to-contact-aliens/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Douglas Vakoch: Should we try to contact aliens?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/dr-jacob-bleacher-why-do-we-need-to-go-back-to-the-moon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Jacob Bleac