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What If Dark Energy is a New Quantum Field?
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.
What If Dark Energy is a New Quantum Field?
Season 8 Episode 24 | 15m 22s | CC
What is Quintessence? Well we know that something is up with the way the universe is expanding - there’s some kind of anti-gravitational effect that’s causing the expansion to accelerate. We don’t know what it is - just that it competes against the inward-pulling effect of gravity. We call this mysterious influence dark energy. But, what is dark energy, really?
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