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Dark Matter And Dark Energy (R252)

R – Physical Sciences and Math

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Wilmington (Arsht Hall) | February 3, 2025-May 5, 2025

Monday: 12:45 PM-2:00 PM

The Big Bang model and cosmological observations indicate that the universe contains about 5% ordinary matter (atoms, stars and galaxies), 25% dark matter and 70% dark energy. The existence of dark matter explains observed gravitational effects. The accelerating expansion of the universe could be due to dark energy. Scientists have not been able to directly detect dark matter or dark energy experimentally. This course explores why we think the dark side exists and what it could be.

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This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).


INSTRUCTOR: Charley Carter

CARTER, CHARLEY–Electrical engineering degrees, North Carolina State University. Interests include electronics, physics, computers, computer networks, electric vehicles and brewing beer. Retired in 2015 after a 43-year career in research and development organizations.


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