The lecture was delivered in May 2017, by Catherine Heymans, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. In this talk she explores the nature of the dark universe—a mystery that accounts for more than 95% of our cosmos. It concerns dark matter and dark energy, components we cannot directly detect or fully understand. These two opposing forces engage in a vast cosmic struggle: while the gravity of dark matter pulls structures together, dark energy drives an accelerated expansion that hinders their growth.
Professor Heymans has used some of the world’s most advanced telescopes to create a detailed map of the invisible dark matter that permeates our universe. In this lecture, she delves into this mystery and argues that solving it will require a new kind of physics—one that could forever transform our understanding of the cosmos.
This lecture is part of the astrophy
The lecture was delivered in May 2017, by Catherine Heymans, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. In this talk she explores the nature of the dark universe—a mystery that accounts for more than 95% of our cosmos. It concerns dark matter and dark energy, components we cannot directly detect or fully understand. These two opposing forces engage in a vast cosmic struggle: while the gravity of dark matter pulls structures together, dark energy drives an accelerated expansion that hinders their growth.
Professor Heymans has used some of the world’s most advanced telescopes to create a detailed map of the invisible dark matter that permeates our universe. In this lecture, she delves into this mystery and argues that solving it will require a new kind of physics—one that could forever transform our understanding of the cosmos.
This lecture is part of the astrophysics series ‘The Science of the Cosmos, the Science in the Cosmos’, tackles the fundamental questions in contemporary astrophysics. The lectures in the sixth edition focus on our cosmic origin, as well as the fact that gravity, the most familiar and important force in the universe’s evolution, continues to pose some challenging questions.
