Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds

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Physics, Life Sciences, Science

4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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A generation of physicists has referred to the dark energy that permeates the universe as “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Quanta Science podcast.
0:10.0	Each episode we bring you stories about developments in science and mathematics.
0:14.0	I'm Susan Vallett.
0:16.0	A generation of physicists has referred to the dark energy that permeates the universe as the cosmological constant.
0:23.6	Now, the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years.
0:31.6	That's next.
0:36.6	It's season three of The Joy of Why, and I still have a lot of questions.
0:41.4	Like, what is this thing we call time?
0:44.2	Why does altruism exist?
0:45.8	And where is Jan 11?
0:47.6	I'm here.
0:48.4	Astrophysicist and co-host.
0:50.1	Ready for anything.
0:51.1	That's right.
0:51.7	I'm bringing in the A team.
0:53.4	So brace yourselves. Get ready to learn. I'm bringing in the A team. So brace yourselves.
0:54.7	Get ready to learn.
0:55.9	I'm Janelle Levin.
0:57.2	I'm Steve Strogatz.
0:58.5	And this is...
0:59.6	Quantum Magazine's podcast, The Joy of Why.
1:02.5	New episodes drop every other Thursday.
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