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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dark matter and dark energy: mapping the dark universe

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Naked Scientists, we are looking at attempts to map the dark universe. As the new space telescope Euclid seeks to unlock the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, we ask why their secrets have eluded us for so long... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

All engine running.

0:03.0

Absolutely genius.

0:04.0

Get this.

0:05.0

Welcome.

0:06.0

This is the show where we bring science.

0:08.0

What that essentially means is discovery is

0:10.0

the classes, research, technology, unbelievable.

0:13.4

Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.

0:17.8

Hello and welcome to the naked scientist,

0:19.6

the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.

0:23.7

I'm Will Tingle.

0:24.9

This week our attempts to map the Dark Universe.

0:28.3

As the new Space Telescope Euclid seeks to unlock the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, we ask why their secrets have alluded

0:34.8

us for so long.

0:36.6

From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is the naked scientists. Perhaps the more we know about the universe, the less we understand.

0:54.5

Our grasp of the universe from the macro to the micro is still very much in its infancy.

0:59.7

We have many mysteries to solve about the nature of existence, but if you were to ask a physicist or a cosmologist which mystery they'd want to unravel, there's a very good chance you get a response like this.

1:10.5

For me it's very clear, what is that matter? I mean it's absolutely sure that it's there

1:15.2

there are several different ways of observing its existence but nobody's got the slightest

1:20.7

clue what it is. That was Lynn Evans, project leader of the Large Hadron Collider,

1:25.0

in an interview with us earlier in the year.

1:27.1

And I wish I could say, don't worry Lynn, I'm on the case now.

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