New light shed on dark energy and cosmic speed-up: Suggestion that Earth is at center of universe ruled out

Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 11:00 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have ruled out a controversial theory that the accelerating expansion of the universe is an illusion. While the findings don't explain the cosmic speed-up, they eliminate one provocative possibility that our planet, solar system and galaxy are at the center of the universe and that there is no dark energy.

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