Dark Energy Lights Path of Theory of Cosmos
Date: Monday, August 11, 2003 @ 22:32:36 UTC
Topic: Science
Another researcher utilizes the presence of dark energy in calculations to predict the fate of the universe.
A recent article on the National Geographic website titled, “Universe Reborn Endlessly in New Model of the Cosmos,” describes a new model of the fate of the cosmos. The article features the work of Paul J. Steinhard, a theoretical physician at Princeton University.
One of the striking comments in the article describes the presence of “dark energy” and is instrumental to the validity of the theory.
“Recently gathered data from exploding, dying stars called supernovae have revealed that the universe is not only expanding, as predicted, but that its rate of expansion is accelerating. The only force that could explain such cosmic acceleration is a source of energy, not visible or yet identified by scientists, that permeates the entire universe. Physicists have dubbed the mysterious force "dark energy.” ”
You can read the rest of the article at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0425_020425_universe.html
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