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Dark Energy

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Universe is Collapsing

Not

BLame Hubble

Supernovae Far Far Away = slower

What is the cause

This is effect?
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Cosmological Constant

  • Einstein proposed
  • Out of favour
  • As more space appears, more energy too

New model

  • New law of gravity
  • New field or enegy
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What we know

  • 68% of universe is dark energy
  • 27% is dark matter
  • less than 5% is observed
  • Space isn't empty
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Something that takes up a lot of space, we don't know what it is, 2/3 of the universe, causing it to increasingly expand

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