r/Documentaries • u/OmicronCeti • 10d ago

Science 2024's Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics (2024) We investigate three of the biggest breakthroughs in physics this year, including evidence that dark energy may be weakening, the discovery of a supersolid, and new advances in quantum geometry. [16:45]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhG56kltfP4
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u/ILL_BE_WATCHING_YOU 10d ago

dark energy may be weakening

“Our model has become more accurate, and now the difference between what our model predicts and what we observe has become smaller.”

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u/SoLong1977 7d ago

Precisely my thought.

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u/OmicronCeti 10d ago

Physicists discovered strange supersolids, constructed new kinds of superconductors, and continued to make the case that the cosmos is far weirder than anyone suspected.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-physics-20241217/