Name: Shedding light on dark matter
Uploaded: 2008-08-17T18:12:00Z
Duration: 15 min 49 s
Description: Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense.

Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense.

Patricia Burchat: Shedding light on dark matter

Shedding light on dark matter

Dark matter, unseen yet omnipresent, orchestrates the universe's grand symphony, keeping galaxies in their celestial dance.

Galaxies, appearing static in snapshots over decades, actually whirl at speeds too vast for visible matter alone to explain.

Gravitational lensing, bending light around massive objects, unveils dark matter's silhouette, shaping our cosmic vista.