November 14, 2012

Dark Energy's Gain Is Dark Matter's Loss

Stuart Clark, Guardian


NASA

There is more movement in the universe than astronomers can explain. The galaxies are spinning more quickly than expected, while space itself is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, which is something astronomers thought was simply impossible until they discovered it in the mid-90s.

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TAGGED: quasars, dark energy, dark matter

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