# Shedding light on dark matter

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_burchat_shedding_light_on_dark_matter)
- 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)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Shedding light on dark matter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/patricia_burchat_shedding_light_on_dark_matter/a23d27107003), 16 min (TED's player)