Very Dark Energy. / Karen Wright.
by Wright, Karen; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 46Science. Publisher: Discover, 2001ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astrophysics | Cosmological constant | Dark energy (Astronomy) | Expanding universe | Gravity and gravitationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Three years ago, light from distant, dying stars revealed that the edges of space are rushing away from one another at an ever-increasing rate. The cosmos, it seems, is not just growing but growing faster and faster. The bigger the universe gets, the faster it grows. Some ubiquitous, repulsive force is driving the margins of space, stomping on the accelerator. And there are no red lights in sight....Cosmologists are calling this force dark energy: 'dark' because it may be impossible to detect, and 'energy' because it's not matter, which is the only other option." (DISCOVER) This article examines evidence suggesting that a mysterious force, dark energy, is causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Very Dark Energy, March 2001; pp. 70-76.
"Three years ago, light from distant, dying stars revealed that the edges of space are rushing away from one another at an ever-increasing rate. The cosmos, it seems, is not just growing but growing faster and faster. The bigger the universe gets, the faster it grows. Some ubiquitous, repulsive force is driving the margins of space, stomping on the accelerator. And there are no red lights in sight....Cosmologists are calling this force dark energy: 'dark' because it may be impossible to detect, and 'energy' because it's not matter, which is the only other option." (DISCOVER) This article examines evidence suggesting that a mysterious force, dark energy, is causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate.
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