New Data Suggests We Don`t Live in a Void, and Supports Dark Energy
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 14:35
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- An alternative proposal to dark energy in which the Earth sits near the center of a large void is undergoing scrutiny, and the results show that void models fit poorly with observed data. Nevertheless, scientists say that more research will be needed to determine if void models, dark energy, or something else can accurately explain how the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.