What Can Swiss Cheese Teach Us About Dark Energy?
Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 22:42
in Astronomy & Space
About 10 years ago, scientists reached the astonishing conclusion that our universe is accelerating apart at ever-increasing speeds, stretching space and time itself like melted cheese. The force that's pushing the universe apart is still a mystery, which is precisely why it was dubbed "dark energy." But is dark energy really real? Is our universe really accelerating?