Yes, Scientists DO Look at the (Dark Energy Survey) Data

EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News - A podcast by Dr. Pamela Gay, Erik Madaus, Ally Pelphrey - Thursdays

Every time I get the digital “why can’t you scientists just look at the data” lecture, I wonder what people think scientists do. All we do is look at data, and when that data tells us our understanding of the universe is wrong, we’re pretty good at accepting the data and throwing out our false understandings… even when the data makes our life a whole lot harder. Such is the case with the accelerating rate of expansion of the Universe...