[MtnClimber]

There is so much we don’t know.

[Paine in the Neck]

Or, it could signal that physicists' understanding of gravityelectricity isn't quite right.

Fixed it.

[Grimmy]

Over exposure to dark energy creates goths.

[Vaquero]

Dr Kaku says whenever we use words like dark matter dark energy or event horizon, it mean we’re clueless. We can make the math work by adding energy or matter into a formula but we haven’t really detected anything, only an effect.

[qam1]

Dark Energy + Dark Matter

The Universal fudge factors

[Vaquero]

I ment singularity, not event horizon.

[TexasGator]

“The analysis is tricky, however.”

One sentence that I did understand.

[Tenacious 1]

I’ll say it again. The entire understanding of our unverse relies on 1) The absolute “fact” that gravity is constant relative to mass throughout the universe and 2) That the that the speed of light is constant regardless of photon/light producing masses speed and trajectory relative to our perspective (and gravity).

[Vesparado]

What a relief! I really need to believe there is some unseen, unknowable (except by inference) force out there that is really driving things.

[UCANSEE2]

For nearly 20 years, physicists have known that the expansion of the universe has begun to speed up.

An unproven hypothesis. Twenty years before that, they KNEW that the universe was collapsing.

We cannot see to the 'end' of the Universe, and do not even know if there is an 'end'. We cannot detect that which we have not , and never will see.

[Boogieman]

"Dark energy" is a red herring, and this is very simple to demonstrate.

You see, they are trying to account for acceleration, and basic mechanics teaches us that energy doesn't cause acceleration. There are only two components in an equation for acceleration: mass and force. The mass is accounted for; it is the mass of all the objects in the universe. So what we really need to account for is the missing force, not missing energy.

Luckily, the force we are looking for is already accounted for in the equations for the theory of general relativity, it was just misleadingly labelled by Einstein as the "cosmological constant". However, if you look at the equation for this "constant", you will see that it is not a constant at all, but the equation for a force. This is a fifth fundamental force of nature, hiding in plain sight for over a century, but since scientists have been myopically focused on unifying the four fundamental forces we had already discovered, they have no interest in admitting yet another fundamental force.

One interesting fact about this fifth force, though, is that unlike electromagnetism or gravity, the magnitude of this force increases with distance! That property alone is enough to demonstrate that it is truly a separate force, distinct from the other forces we have already studied.

[factoryrat]

Bkmk.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Or, it could signal that physicists' understanding of gravity isn't quite right.

If your math will not work unless you add in something you invented then you should question your basic assumptions.

[TheOldSchool]

The universe needs more cow bell.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

The Big Bang theory devotees are crying.

[EternalVigilance]

Both teams found that the expansion is speeding up, suggesting that dark energy is blowing up the universe like a balloon

"Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself...""

-- Isaiah 44:24