Einstein's Dark Energy Accelerates the Universe

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC] ^ | 22 November 2005 | Staff

[PatrickHenry]

Everyone needs a hobby. Mine is the universe.

[PatrickHenry]

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[WillamShakespeare]

Isn`t dark energy what the Clintons use?

[gondramB]

This stuff sounds too complicated. I think we should just give up and say we weren't meant to understand it.

[TitansAFC]

I wonder what Tesla would have to say about this!!!

;-)

[Mr_Moonlight]

Oh NOOOOOOOOOO ..... everything's changed, once again

[frankenMonkey]

Well, as long as we're living here, we might as well check out the neighborhood...

[Robert A Cook PE]

Something is wrong with a (cosmological) theory that requires 909% of the universe mass, and most of its energy to be "invisible" and impossible to see.

Worse, when such a theory comes about ONLY because the "math" is more "pure" and simplistic BECAUSE of the imposition/creation of "dark matter" and (now) "dark energy."

Even "pure magic" is more tangible that THAT.

What's next: Adding the mass of the angels to make up the ratios of the expansion numbers? 8<)

[AZRepublican]

hmmmmmm sounds to me like just another phrase for gravity.

[luvbach1]

This stuff sounds [way] too complicated.

I know it is, for me. How one can explore the nature of the universe by means of mathematical equations beats me.

[brivette]

What a great hobby. So what is dark matter, anyway?

[patton]

Klingons on the starboard bow...scrape 'em off, Jim, scrape 'em off!

Come over to the dark side, luke...

(couldn't resist)

[patton]

light or dark angels?

[patton]

Hardest question I ever heard -

"What _is_ gravity?"

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, since it's acutely clear that you can always get more light angles to dance on the head of a pin than dark (matter-enhanced) angles, its obvious that the missing angels are in Hell.

Which, clearly, is long since frozen over, since lighter matter emits rays.

[dila813]

With this announcement there isn't anymore dark matter. There is an actual acceleration constant.

No word on the big problem with this.

If there was a big bang, with this constant we would eventually fly apart in all directions.

[patton]

so electrons dont vibrate in the dark?

the angles in your post are hilarious. Non euclidean, even. Or are the non-newtonian, in an einstein sort of way?

[MaDeuce]

I love this stuff. After you eat that big turkey dinner tonight ... sit back and ponder STRING THEORY, the theory of everything ... now that is a mind blower.

[Professional Engineer]

Well, as long as we're living here, we might as well check out the neighborhood...

Well said!

[RightWingAtheist]

Note that this finding required the efforts of large teams literaly all across the globe. Although we may lament the decline of American leadership in science, the reality is, the scale and scope of major scientific projects in the future will require such massive international collaboration. Not only are the days of the lone experimenter a la Faraday are over, so are the days of the lone research team.