This is a show about all the things we don't know. We're starting with one of the biggest scientific unknowns, what is the universe made of? That observation vera had out there in the arizona desert, it set her on a path to confronting this massive scientific question. It would ultimately up end what physicists thought they knew about the universe.
Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, an invisible, untouchable, mysterious substance. Scientists don’t know what exactly dark matter is, despite decades of searching. But recently, they got a new clue in the form of an extremely tiny dancer.
This episode is a remix of two prior episodes of Unexplainable, which has been airing on broadcast radio through a partnership with American Public Media.
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