I hijacking me own newsletter for a little science writing. My science knowledge is shallow, but I am interested by astronomy and astrophysics to the extent that an educated member of society should be. Two of the most recent major discoveries in astrophysics are the discoveries of “dark matter” and “dark energy”. The astrophysicists who coined those names did no one any favors because they gave license to every lazy TV and film writer to use them as plot points in their productions. Because they are mysterious (literally we don’t know what they are), they make good plot devices.
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
I hijacking me own newsletter for a little science writing. My science knowledge is shallow, but I am interested by astronomy and astrophysics to the extent that an educated member of society should be. Two of the most recent major discoveries in astrophysics are the discoveries of “dark matter” and “dark energy”. The astrophysicists who coined those names did no one any favors because they gave license to every lazy TV and film writer to use them as plot points in their productions. Because they are mysterious (literally we don’t know what they are), they make good plot devices.