[Interview] Breakthrough In Dark Energy? Here's What The Researchers Have To Say

A recent research paper suggests that supermassive black holes can be the source of dark energy. It's a big potential breakthrough in Astronomy. So, here's what the co-author of the study, Dr Chris Pearson from STFC RAL Space, has to say about it. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 More about the research: https://www.universetoday.com/160139/are-black-holes-the-source-of-dark-energy/ 00:00 Intro 01:36 How did the paper come together 03:36 Connection between Dark Energy and Black Holes 06:48 Observations behind the research 14:37 Causation or just correlation? 21:20 Redefining what black holes are 25:27 Dark Energy core of a black hole 27:53 Nature of dark energy 35:35 Will Dark Energy tear the Universe apart? 38:30 What's next 40:11 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/-8CIUzPkigQ 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast