Einstein's most famous theory
General Relativity
One example of a hypothetical dark matter particle
WIMPs or axions
Dark energy causes our universe to...
expand/accelerate
A organization that studies dark matter or dark energy (there are several answers)
NASA, CERN, Fermi Telescope, etc etc etc!
Dark matter only interacts with this force
Gravity (if you paid attention, you will say weak force as well)
"Einstein's Biggest Blunder"
Cosmological Constant
One piece of evidence for dark matter
Cosmic horseshoe, bullet cluster, or rotational speed discrepency
Dark energy makes up how much of the universe?
70%
The best steminar
Stars further from the center of mass of the galaxy move at _________ speed as the ones in closer to the center
the same
Someone important who made a contribution to dark matter or dark energy (except Einstein)
literally anyone from ananya's slide
What percent of the universe makes up dark matter?
27%
Energy
What did the James Webb Telescope discover in 2026?
It shows how the invisible, ghostly material overlaps and intertwines with baryonic matter.
Dark matter does not interact with this force
Electromagnetic force
What did Vera Rubin discover in 1968?
Dark Matter
WIMPS stand for?
weakly interacting massive particles
Quintessence proposes that dark energy is a ______ that permeates all of space
field
If we find evidence for axions, it would solve this problem (two letters)
Strong CP problem
MOND
Hubble-LemaƮtre law
v = H0D or "linear relationship between distance and speed"
The THREE methods to detect dark matter
direct search, indirect search, and production
The THREE methods to detect dark energy
exploding stars, sound waves, distortions
The telescope will detect traces of sound waves, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs), that once rippled through the primordial cosmic sea
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Neutralino