Synopsis: Six renowned physicists reflect on the mystery of so-called “dark energy” – the surprising acceleration in the expansion of the universe that was discovered by two groups in 1998 and later awarded with a Nobel Prize.
Runtime: 13 mins | Production year: 2017
Featured researchers:
- Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), mathematical physicist, Institute for Advanced Study
- Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
- Rocky Kolb, the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago.
- Tony Leggett, Nobel Laureate, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair Emeritus of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford
- Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London
