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Astronomers think that the expansion of the universe is regulated by both the force of gravity, which acts to slow it down, and a mysterious dark energy, which pushes matter and space apart. In fact, dark energy is thought to be pushing the cosmos apart at faster and faster speeds, causing our universe's expansion to accelerate. In this artist's conception, dark energy is represented by the purple grid above, and gravity by the green grid below. Gravity emanates from all matter in the universe, but its effects are localized and drop off quickly over large distances. New results from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope atop Siding Spring Mountain in Australia confirm that dark energy is a smooth, uniform force that now dominates over the effects of gravity. The observations follow from careful measurements of the separations between pairs of galaxies (examples of such pairs are illustrated here). The results are one of the best confirmations of the nature of dark energy to date.
Originally posted by balon0
I don't get it
Originally posted by KrzYma
reply to post by balon0
NOBODY does !!!
they have no idea how to explain what they can measure course it's against they theory.
and it is easier to use something not measurable or provable to fix licking theory then throw this one away.
ok, some little theory from me
our whole Universe is a boiling soup in "God's" pot, and "God" is some king of big big white matter driven by white energy
Originally posted by Mizzijr
Based on the paragraph, in layman's terms, its saying that gravity holds the universe together, while the mysterious dark matter spreads it apart, causing our universe to infinitely grow. The source of dark matter is really undefined, but it works with gravity to keep the universe sustained and balanced, like "Yin and Yang."
Originally posted by KrzYma
reply to post by Mizzijr
and here we go...
"The concept of dark energy was first invoked in the late 1990s by studying the brightness of distant supernovas - exploding stars. Einstein was right To explain why the expansion of the Universe was speeding up, astronomers had to either rewrite Albert Einstein's theory of gravity or accept that the cosmos was filled with a novel type of energy. "
they HAD TO create something other wise RT wasn't right.
That's enough to me, it simply proves Einstein was wrong !!!
don't tell me RED is not red but BLUE, it just something we can not explain or prove that makes it looking RED
so... 1 = 2 with something that makes it 1 again???
common
and here something off topic about the Twin Paradox
constant speed of light ?? who knows Speed of Light
and there is more more and more to think about Einstein was wrong !
edit on 20-5-2011 by KrzYma because: (no reason given)edit on 20-5-2011 by KrzYma because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Mizzijr
Do you think space is expanding or not?
But.............recent research has shown that the red shift produced by the stars is NOT determined by their speed/motion