The quest for dark matter with Matt Bothwell

Step inside the mysterious world of Dark Matter, and the latest research and conclusions. This lecture was recorded at the Ri on 4 October 2025. Over the past fifty years, astronomers have grown increasingly certain that most of the Universe is made up of a mysterious, invisible substance that defies our current understanding of physics.

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