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Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?

Season 3 Episode 3 | 12m 14s

Why are we talking about dark energy again? Because another team has just announced a new analysis of updated supernova data. They claim that the data are consistent with there being NO dark energy – no accelerating expansion. They suggest that the universe may just be expanding at a constant rate – never speeding up, but also not slowing down.

Aired: 11/08/16
Extras
What do you get if you combine something that’s infinitely massive and negative infinitely massive?
What does an electron really look like?
I’d like to invite you to an even higher level of nerdom!
Gravitational tsunamis exist and we’re on the verge of being able to detect them.
Will we ever become a Kardeshev Type-1 civilization and how can we get there?
New data is telling us that Neutron stars may make one of the most popular dark matter candidates.
Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
Here’s the story we like to tell about the beginning of the universe.
We’ve never seen a TDE in the Milky Way, but we’ve seen them in distant galaxies.
Let’s talk about quantum gravity experiments that can be done here on Earth!
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What do you get if you combine something that’s infinitely massive and negative infinitely massive?
What does an electron really look like?
I’d like to invite you to an even higher level of nerdom!
Gravitational tsunamis exist and we’re on the verge of being able to detect them.
Will we ever become a Kardeshev Type-1 civilization and how can we get there?
New data is telling us that Neutron stars may make one of the most popular dark matter candidates.
Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
Here’s the story we like to tell about the beginning of the universe.
We’ve never seen a TDE in the Milky Way, but we’ve seen them in distant galaxies.
Let’s talk about quantum gravity experiments that can be done here on Earth!