Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe

Darkenergy.Darkmatter.Thesestrangeandinvisiblesubstancessoundmysteriousandtheirunexpectedappearanceinthecosmiccensusisupendinglong-heldnotionsaboutthenatureoftheUniverse.TheUniverseisknowntobeexpandingbuteverythingindicatedthatgravityshouldslowthisspread.Instead,theUniverseisacceleratingitsexpansionandsomethingstrongerthangravity-darkenergy-isatwork.EvalynGatestransportsustotheedgeofsciencetoexplorethetoolthatunlocksthesecretsoftheselittle-understoodcosmicconstituents.Basedonthetheoryofgeneralrelativity,gravitationallensing,or'Einstein'sTelescope',isenablingdiscoveriesthataretakingustowardsthenextrevolutioninscientificthinking-onethatmaychangeourunderstandingofwheretheUniversecamefromandwhereitisgoing.