The Search for the Invisible Matter That Shapes the Universe @TED #shorts #ted

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein plumbs the deepest corners of the universe to uncover the hiding places of dark matter — and the secret origins of the cosmos. Watch her full TED Talk:

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein plumbs the deepest corners of the universe to uncover the hiding places of dark matter — and the secret origins of the cosmos. Watch her full TED Talk:

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Alex

March 17, 2023 at 12:07 pm

Oh please! Say something new!

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- Mani Balaji
  
  March 17, 2023 at 12:58 pm
  
  Nothing new to speak on both dark matter and dark energy
  
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metrx 808

March 17, 2023 at 12:08 pm

dem shoes filling the damn universe

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Thato Mofolo

March 17, 2023 at 12:10 pm

????????????

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DAnuchan

March 17, 2023 at 12:54 pm

When you say “We believe…” you sound like astrophysics is a religion.

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- DAnuchan
  
  March 17, 2023 at 3:14 pm
  
  @Modal Morpheus Give one piece of evidence that Jesus is the son of God. And then give any claim in science based on as weak an argument.
  
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- Modal Morpheus
  
  March 17, 2023 at 3:21 pm
  
  @DAnuchan I appreciate your honesty
  
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- Modal Morpheus
  
  March 17, 2023 at 3:21 pm
  
  @DAnuchan Love
  
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- Ben O Brien
  
  March 17, 2023 at 6:14 pm
  
  @DAnuchan 500 witnesses to the resurrection. The resurrection is the proof that Jesus was who he said he was.
  
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- Vlinder
  
  March 17, 2023 at 7:05 pm
  
  @DAnuchan ohhh ok so prove in a lab that invisible dark matter exists in space ????.
  
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WillTheBeast

March 17, 2023 at 12:56 pm

Nice kix

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Kol M

March 17, 2023 at 1:26 pm

Why dark though? Why can’t it be light energy? 🙁

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- sachamm
  
  March 17, 2023 at 3:35 pm
  
  Because we can detect light and we don’t detect light coming from these Dark Matter Halos.
  
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D•MF•D_RosiePerez

March 17, 2023 at 3:05 pm

I’d like to fill her up with some visible matter….

….. I apologize

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metaphics

March 17, 2023 at 3:16 pm

Everybody always asks what is dark energy, never how is dark energy ????

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- mannys9130
  
  March 18, 2023 at 8:23 pm
  
  Dark energy is different from dark matter. She’s talking about dark matter which is only observable based on its gravitational interaction. Dark energy is the vacuum state energy that is perpetually present within even completely empty regions of spacetime and which causes it to expand at a seemingly accelerating rate over time. Both are called “dark” because we have no way of truly observing their responsible particles/field excitations/force carriers. These phenomena just exist and we have no clue what causes them or why. We are building several dark matter detectors to hopefully find out what particle(s) actually comprise dark matter. There are several competing theories. Among the leaders are WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles), non-accreting black holes, microscopic primordial black holes, neutrinos, cosmic strings, and cold rogue planets.
  
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SongbirdGLS

March 18, 2023 at 1:09 am

The luminous shoes are the majority of the cosmic weirdo energy in the room. ????

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Alejandro Olmedo

March 18, 2023 at 9:57 am

God wins!
This requires to much faith in what you believe.

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- mannys9130
  
  March 18, 2023 at 8:29 pm
  
  Lol. It’s so sad that grown adults with access to all of mankind’s information still choose to stick their head in the sand and delude themselves with a 2000 year old fairytale that only served to enforce morality onto an ignorant and barbaric population of people.
  
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Danger Dove

March 18, 2023 at 11:44 am

She’s like 50% neck

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Drew

March 18, 2023 at 12:31 pm

When the observations no longer fit your model but you’ve come to far to turn back now????

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- mannys9130
  
  March 18, 2023 at 8:28 pm
  
  I mean…we have several models which all seem ALMOST complete but have several discrepancies. Relativity, quantum physics, and the Standard Model all explain different situations very well but can’t be effectively applied to others. Eventually, we’ll have a Grand Unified Theory of Everything. We are missing the few pieces of information which plug in and complete the models fully and mix them all together perfectly so that we can explain every single phenomenon and physical law in existence. It will happen eventually, but until we get that solution, we apply the current models that fit the best of the best. We continue to make observations, conduct experiments, calculate the equations in different ways and test the results, and eventually we will come up with the golden solution that can explain black holes and the Big Bang, but also field excitations and tunneling. 🙂
  
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Naui Diver

March 18, 2023 at 1:42 pm

Her body looks alien

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Christ Matthews

March 19, 2023 at 10:50 pm

And it doesn’t matter

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MrCrammer

March 20, 2023 at 5:12 am

Her neck is crazy long.

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