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Is Our Model of Dark Energy Wrong? | New 4.2σ Results

PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.

Is Our Model of Dark Energy Wrong? | New 4.2σ Results

Season 11 Episode 5 | 19m 3s | CC

The biggest news in cosmology in recent years is that the mysterious universe-accelerating entity we call dark energy may be fading away. The evidence for this is now strong enough that enormous effort is going into confirming this result. So what’s it going to take, and when are we going to know?

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