The Evidence for Modern Physics

How We Know the Universe Is Accelerating (1x21)

Air date: Sep 01, 2021

Investigate evidence that the expansion of the universe reversed its gradual slow-down and stepped on the accelerator 5 billion years ago. “Dark energy” is the term given to this mysterious force that is expanding space at an ever-increasing rate. Learn how this remarkable phenomenon was discovered and explore its link to the cosmological constant proposed by Einstein a century ago.