Shedding light on dark matter - Patricia Burchat
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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.
What are the effects of dark matter and dark energy in the expanding universe—in what way(s) do they compete? Can you think of other examples in physics where two or more phenomena counteract each other?
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