Was Einstein’s greatest mistake actually a fundamental truth?
In this video, Nobel Prize winner Adam Riess recounts the unsettling discovery that the universe's expansion is accelerating. Learn how a theory once dismissed as a blunder became the foundation for our understanding of dark energy.
Astrophysicist Adam Riess, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, explores the high-stakes process of confirming cosmic acceleration. While Albert Einstein once viewed his cosmological constant as his 'biggest blunder,' Riess’s work demonstrates that this error actually pointed toward the existence of dark energy.
The video details the research behind the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Riess for discovering that the expansion rate of the universe is speeding up. Riess continues to refine measurements of the Hubble constant and investigate the most distant type Ia supernovae to uncover the origins of this cosmic acceleration.
Source: Einstein’s “Biggest Blunder” | Adam Riess
