Ep. 669: Challenges to Dark Energy

Cosmology, High Energy Physics, podcast, Relativity, Science | 3 comments

It’s been over 20 years since astronomers first discovered that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating thanks to dark energy. And in these decades, astronomers still don’t have much evidence for what could be causing the increased expansion rate. Maybe there’s something else going on to explain it.

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  1. Jeff

    I accept that the universe is expanding. But, it sounds bizzare to say that the universe is accelerating. Love the show. Thank you both for all your efforts.

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  2. Brent Kreinop

    I’ve not been able to read all of this article on my phone, but it might be relevant to this episode: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-scientists-evidence-black-holes-source.amp. The article title and early paragraphs seem to say that black holes are the source of dark energy. I’ll be able to read further later tonight, but thought it was interesting enough to share.

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