Click to play! ~!~This lovely piece of computer magic by Cary Huang, with Michael Huang suits LaurasTheory just fine~!~ Thanks to friend and fellow universe comprehend-er Monique for sharing:)
Supernovae, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe - Discussion with Dr. Saul Perlmutter (by USdepartmentofenergy)
from LaurasTheory: This video is an hour long but worth the watch for anyone who loves this sort of thing.
I found the introduction interesting, but more importantly: get through the introduction to the presentation. When you get to the part about how the wavelengths of light measured by earthlings from a supernova indicate the degree that the universe has “stretched” since the star exploded…~!~… well, anyway, just keep watching… it actually gets better. Dr. Perlmutter closes the event with a digression into the importance of societal support for the pursuit of scientific discovery…
…As the Great Lord Krishna once proclaimed: “The wise see knowledge and action as one; they see truly.” - from the Bhagavad Gita
