93 - The Moment Dark Energy Appeared (Ft. Adam Riess)

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Sep 15, 202540:23Science & Medicine

Adam Riess recounts the moments of his Nobel prize-winning discovery that our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, powered by a mysterious energy source called dark energy. For ask-us-anything segments and othe...

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