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Shedding light on dark matter

Patricia Burchat · TED

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About

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.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2008
Speaker
Patricia Burchat
Year
2008
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Earth and environment, Astronomy and space, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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