What Dark Energy Is and Why We Can Never Directly See It

Something is pulling the universe apart. It makes up 68% of everything that exists. And every instrument ever built is completely blind to it. The research notes, sources, and deeper reading for this video are available on Patreon:   / thesleepyphysicist1   Timestamps 0:06 The Expansion Nobody Asked For 11:01 What Fills the Space Between Everything 22:08 Einstein's Number 32:01 Sixty-Eight Percent of Everything 42:15 The Pressure That Pushes Without Touching 52:02 One Hundred and Twenty Orders of Magnitude 1:05:10 Instruments 1:18:39 Quintessence, and What It Would Mean 1:31:57 Why You Cannot Stand in It 1:43:13 DESI, and the Possibility That It's Changing 1:55:12 The Far Future Is Cold 2:06:58 Not Knowing