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SUMMARY:The Dark Side of the Universe:  Shadow Matter and Antigravity
CREATED:20090513T110000Z
DESCRIPTION:Popular Lecture: Our universe is expanding and galaxies move 
 away from one another. In the nearly eighty years since Einstein and oth
 ers first wrestled with this fact\, we have learned much about the histo
 ry of the cosmos\, but we have also uncovered strange new puzzles. We wi
 ll discuss recent results which indicate that most of the matter in the 
 universe takes an exotic ghostly form of "dark matter." The nature of da
 rk matter is unknown\, but upcoming experiments at Fermilab and elsewher
 e may finally unlock its secrets. We will then discuss recent evidence t
 hat the universe is not only expanding but is accelerating. This unexpec
 ted result seems to imply that a "dark energy" exists which is repulsive
  and thus counteracts the cosmic effects of gravity.
LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T110000Z
LOCATION:141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics\, 1110 W. Green Street\, Urbana
 
CATEGORIES:Outreach
CONTACT:Toni Pitts 217-244-2948
ORGANIZER:tpitts@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/75?key=2000010120000101117960
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