Dark energy
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- other
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics World
- Vol. 17 (5) , 37-42
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/17/5/36
Abstract
IT IS AN IRONY of nature that the most abundant form of energy in the universe is also the most mysterious. Since the breakthrough discovery that the cosmic expansion is accelerating, a consistent picture has emerged indicating that two-thirds of the cosmos is made of "dark energy"– some sort of gravitationally repulsive material.But is the evidence strong enough to justify exotic new laws of nature? Or could there be a simpler, astrophysical explanation for the results?Keywords
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