![Short Wave artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/58/4c/ed/584ced18-d1f6-86c3-1042-598ac7f85c88/mza_1151043310937452409.png/100x100bb.jpg)
What Is Dark Energy? Physicists Aren't Even Sure
Short Wave
English - May 05, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5.7K ratingsLife Sciences Science Astronomy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Letters From The 1918 Pandemic
Dark energy makes up almost 70% of our universe and is believed to be the reason the universe is expanding. Yet very, very little is known about it. To figure out what we do know — and what it could tell us about the fate of the universe, we talked to astrophysicist Sarafina Nance. She studies cosmology, a field that looks at the origin and development of the universe.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NPR Privacy Policy