Scientists from Brookhaven National Lab, Stony Brook University, and Oak Ridge National Lab discuss the worldwide search for the universe’s “missing matter.” Only four percent of the universe is made of the things we know—everything from people to the planets. The other 96 percent is made of two mysterious forces rippling through the cosmos, what scientists call dark matter and dark energy. What exactly are dark matter and dark energy? And how do scientists look for something they can’t even see? Find out as we dive into the dark universe in this first episode of PubSci Playback—a podcast based on PubSci, Brookhaven’s live science café series that brings scientists and the public into casual conversations over drinks at various locations across Long Island.

PubSci Playback

The Dark Universe

PubSci Playback is a podcast based on Brookhaven National Laboratory’s live science and café series, PubSci. Since 2014, PubSci has been offering the public a chance to see a more casual side of the groundbreaking science happening every day at Brookhaven Lab, one of the 17 U.S. Department of Energy national labs. The series hops around Long Island, NY, bringing Brookhaven scientists and their collaborators at other research institutions together with an audience—typically in a pub or restaurant setting—for informal discussions about Brookhaven’s research.

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The Dark Universe