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Where Did Dark Matter And Dark Energy Come From?

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If you like this video, check out Geraint Lewis´ excellent book, co-written with Chris Ferrie:
Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos

AND check out his Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AlasLewisAndBarnes

Incredible thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza, the GOAT: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en

And a huge thanks to the Illustris Collaboration for allowing the use of video footage of their excellent project:

https://www.tng-project.org/

Music from Silver Maple, Epidemic Sound and Artlist.

Stock footage from Videoblocks, images of galaxies from NASA and ESO/Hubble.

Image Credits:

Universe simulation by ESO CLUES – Constrained Local Universe Evolution Simulation

SCIENCE ADVISORS Dr. Joel Primack – University of California Santa Cruz Dr. Anatoly Klypin – New Mexico State University Dr. Stefan Gottlöber – Astrophysical Institute Potsdam

CLUES – VISUALIZATION Chris Henze – Advanced Supercomputing Division – NASA Ames Research Center Nina McCurdy – Outreach Coordinator – University of California Santa Cruz Dr. Mark SubbaRao – Adler Planetarium Patrick McPike – Adler Planetarium

CLUES – ADLER SHOW INTEGRATION Dr. Doug Roberts – Adler Planetarium

Mark Paternostro – Adler Planetarium  Fritz Zwicky, Caltech, fair use

Harlan Telescope By Greenmars – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30428377

Vera Rubin, fair use

Palomar Hale Telescope By Sebastian Wallroth – Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80376554

Galaxy images from ESA/Hubble

Lowell Telescope By Mike Peel; Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36032419

Quasars By ESO/Borisova et al. – http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1638a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52523638

Inca Constellation By PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46740923

Laniakea By PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46740923

Coma Wall By Pablo Carlos Budassi – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94434205

The universe By Andrew Pontzen and Fabio Governato – Andrew Pontzen and Hiranya Peiris, [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/news-events/maps-news-publication/maps1423Illuminating illumination: what lights up the universe?], UCLA press release, 27 August 2014. flickr.com (high resolution version), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34973360

Observable Universe By Andrew Z. Colvin – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71065250

Galaxies By Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgments: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab) – https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2118a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106681491

2df survey By Willem Schaap – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloan_Great_Wall, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7025644

www.sdss.org

Hooker telescope By Ken Spencer – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31387206

Vera Rubin telescope By ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101105062

LSSC By Todd Mason, Mason Productions Inc. / LSST Corporation – https://www.lsst.org/sites/default/files/LSST-Print5-high.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52227945

By Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/NSF/DOE/Rubin Observatory/AURA – https://noirlab.edu/public/announcements/ann21036/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111795215

ELT By ESO – https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann19047a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82702429

ELT By Swinburne Astronomy Productions/ESO – ESO, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8294624

00:00 Introduction
04:41 Using Gravity
16:42 The Great Sculptor
22:50 What Is Dark Matter? (Shining A Light)
31:57 The Great Repeller
38:36 What Is Dark Energy? (The Greatest Mystery)