Dark energy – cooking sausages

There is a form of energy that might not be strong enough to boil water efficiently, but is the driving force in our universe.

On the search for alternative methods of procuring energy, university professor Dr. Heinz Oberhummer looks to the universe, where masses of dark energy abound. It makes up 73% of all the mass in the universe and is able to move whole clusters of galaxies. The only disconcerting aspect for physicists is that they still don’t know exactly what dark energy is.

University lecturer Werner Gruber therefore takes a much more practical approach today and presents an experiment whose result can also be tasted afterwards. But be careful: seldom was an experiment of the Science Busters as dangerous as the “Death Sausage”! So, hands off the sausage, even if it makes your mouth water.

The clip (currently only available in German)