#16 | Earth's Mass, Dark Matter & Dark Energy With Tia, Aged 13

Tia, aged 13, asks the nerds how much the Earth weighs and the conversation quickly leads to far more mysterious topics in astrophysics, like dark matter and dark energy. How much does the Earth weigh? What the difference between mass and weight? How can Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation help us find out the mass of distant celestial objects? How can it help us discover objects that are invisible to our eyes? What is dark matter? What is dark energy? This chat helps to illuminate the importance of math and its power in leading scientific discoveries! If you would like to see what the nerds look like, check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/BetweenTwoNerds And for more information about Curiosity Lab, how we make kids fall in love with science, check out: https://www.curiositylab.ae