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SUMMARY:Astronomy On Tap &#8211\\; Science Talk &amp\\; Trivia
DESCRIPTION:Come check out Astronomy on Tap Triangle (AoT-T)\\, our North
  Carolina chapter of serving up short\\, engaging talks about astronomy o
 ver beer! For this tenth season of AoT-T\\, we’ll be in Fullsteam-ATCâ€
 ™s beautiful new location at the Boiler Room at the historic American Tob
 acco Campus (ATC) in downtown Durham. Events will be held on the first Tu
 esday of the month and are free and open to the public.\\nOur first event
  kicks off Tuesday\\, September 1st\\, from 7:00-8:30 PM! Talks details a
 re included below. Grab a drink (or two) and head to Fullsteam-ATC’s 10
 0-seat theater for a night filled with astronomy\\, trivia\\, and fun. Fr
 ee parking (after 5 PM) is available in the North and South Parking Decks
  surrounding the American Tobacco Campus. If an attendant asks for paymen
 t during a special event (e.g.\\, baseball game)\\, just let them know yo
 u’re there to visit Fullsteam Brewery\\, and they should wave you throu
 gh.\\n“Dark Energy: A Mystery that Won’t Sit Still”\\nProf. Georges
  Obied (UNC Chapel Hill)\\nRoughly two-thirds of the universe is made of 
 something we can’t see\\, can’t touch\\, and can barely describe. We 
 call it “dark energy\\,” and it’s driving the accelerating expansio
 n of the cosmos\\, pushing the universe apart on the largest scales. Its 
 story runs from what Einstein called his greatest blunder to one of the b
 iggest surprises in the history of astronomy: in 1998\\, astronomers disc
 overed that this expansion isn’t just continuing but speeding up. Now t
 he DESI experiment has mapped tens of millions of galaxies\\, and when it
 s data are combined with other measurements\\, hints emerge that this mys
 terious stuff may be evolving over time\\, perhaps even weakening. If tru
 e\\, this would rewrite the rulebook and leave the fate of the universe g
 enuinely uncertain. Join us and UNC Assistant Professor Georges Obied at 
 Fullsteam ATC for a tale of the strangest ingredient in the universe!\\nh
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