The Dark Universe: Exploring the Euclid Mission with Jason Rhodes

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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What are dark energy and dark matter? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about the Euclid Mission and our latest efforts to uncover the secrets of The Dark Universe with JPL Researcher, Jason Rhodes.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Stark Talk, we speak to my friend and fellow astrophysicist Jason Rhodes.
0:05.5	He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he's one of the world's experts on dark energy.
0:12.0	The detection of dark energy. He's one of the principal scientists on the European Euclid mission
0:18.5	that'll attempt to do just that. So, what is dark energy? How does using balloons help us get there?
0:26.8	And more. Coming up on Stark Talk.
0:32.4	Welcome to Stark Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:40.8	Stark Talk begins right now.
0:45.0	This is Stark Talk. Neil deGrasse Tyson here. You're a personal astrophysicist.
0:50.4	I got with me, my coach. Check nice, Jack.
0:52.8	Hey, Neil. What's happening?
0:54.9	Yeah. Today, I think, is one of the hottest topics in all of science.
1:00.5	Yes. We want to figure out what dark energy is. Who made it? Where's it coming from?
1:06.1	Where's it going? And will we all die? Will we all die?
1:10.1	Once we find out what it is. The universe can't tell us unless it kills us.
1:16.1	Unless it kills us. Unless it kills us.
1:17.2	Unless it kills us. We've got with us for this episode,
1:20.9	my friend and colleague Jason Rhodes. Jason, welcome to Stark Talk.
1:24.0	Thank you for inviting me. I'm really looking forward to talking about dark energy with all of you today.
1:29.6	Yeah. Yeah. So, you, you, you, you help in the jet propulsion labs. We all know that's in Pasadena,
1:35.2	California. It's a branch. One of 10 branches of NASA. And JPL is affiliated with Caltech.
1:42.3	And so that makes sure you all are doing the right things. All right. You're no slouching.
1:47.8	That's right. We have two bosses here, Caltech and JPL. So, or sorry, Caltech and NASA.
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