I'M WRITING AN ONE PAGE PAPER ON THE EXISTENCE OF DARK ENERGY. I HAVE TO READ 2 SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS ON THIS SUBJECT, ONE ARTICLE SAYING IT EXIST AND THE OTHER ONE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T. SO THIS ONE ARTICLE IM READING FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SAYS THAT DARK ENERGY DOESN'T EXIST, IT'S JUST THAT THE EARTH OCCUPIES AN UNUSUAL PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE AND THAT THE EXPANSION IS DECELERATING BUT AT DIFFERENT RATES IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SO IN A WAY, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE EARTH MIGHT BE IN THE CENTER/NEAR OF THE UNIVERSE.
I KNOW THIS IS BULLSHIT, I THINK DARK ENERGY DOES EXIST, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS SUPERNOVAE SHIT INFLUENCES THE REDSHIFTS.
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Anonymous2009-09-02 12:37
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Anonymous2009-09-02 12:53
Make sure you write your paper in all caps in order to get extra credit.
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Anonymous2009-09-02 16:33
I can't help but wonder why do they always rely on something so large scale like universal expansion. Be a little modest for once. Did you ever think about the factors that make universe expand? The high density portion of universe, where there is relatively more matter is assumed to be center and according to physics we are constantly losing energy. When an atom loses energy by light emission generally another atom absorbs it but if by any chance it manages to go without any absorption ( such as an outer layer of universal matter) it goes on forever expanding the universe. And out center assumes lesser total energy in local area. So to answer your question such an assumption may be made: according to this the expansion should decrease in speed with time. Is it? I don't know but this is one baseless assumption, because both it requires endless amount of time to take place and other factors we are not aware might be involved too.