Episode 9 - Other BS: Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Universe We Can’t See

What if most of the universe is completely invisible—and we still don’t know what it is?In this episode of Uncomfortable Truths, we explore dark matter and dark energy—two of the biggest mysteries in modern physics.Scientists estimate that everything we can see—stars, planets, galaxies—makes up only a small fraction of the universe. The rest is made up of something we can’t directly observe, but know must exist.We take a closer look at:What dark matter is and how we know it’s thereWhat dark energy is and why it may be driving the expansion of the universeHow much of the universe is actually “unknown”The evidence scientists rely onWhat these mysteries reveal about the limits of scienceIf most of reality is hidden from us, how much do we really understand?