# Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Daniel Finkel
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_dark_matter_fuel_riddle)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It's an incredible discovery: an abandoned alien space station filled with precursor technology. Now every species in the galaxy is in a mad dash to get there first, but you've got a problem. Your ship can't hold enough fuel to get you there unless you vent caches of it into space at precise points and then come back for the fuel later. Can you reach the alien space station? Dan Finkel shows how. \[Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_dark_matter_fuel_riddle/766bf8c67f20), 5 min (TED's player)