Study Sheds Light On Dark Energy

Discovery-News.com: New findings bolster the argument that dark energy is the reason our universe is expanding. James Williams explores the evidence.

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[oscarhollywood]

science is discovering whats already there.

[derifaa]

Science is getting an answer to a question that will eventually raise two new unanswered questions. This is why, we are getting more unanswered question which each passing day.

Dark Energy stands for our ignorance of the reason behind acceleration of galaxies.....

[UniverseIsAwesome]

We must be thankful dark energy exists. Imagine what would happen if there was no force countering gravity. Galaxies would merge, probably including the Milky Way as well.

Dark energy is this amazing property of the 'nothingness' of space - probably a property of the space-time fabric itself.

[puff420x]

@derifaa you must not understand what dark energy is at all

[iTchySkiDs]

@iTchySkiDs OK just checked out the budget figures you wrote of. I don't think that list of figures is focused on the missions I'm looking at. That is the TOTAL budget for that agency. An agency like NASA would not be focusing on one project at a time and probably still has money tied up in older missions still running. Perhaps the same for ESA.

[iTchySkiDs]

@zenoparodie Google - BBC News - Dark discussion ahead for Europe and US.

[zenoparodie]

@iTchySkiDs give me the link

[iTchySkiDs]

@zenoparodie when i last read up about the 2 missions (a week ago) it basically said that ESA offered NASA a part in the mission but only 20% of decision making because of previous work completed on the mission prep. there was equipment that could have really helped that NASA could have provided. I wouldn't have thought NASA would settle for side kick, there too big an agency and could easily afford to do the job themselves. I also believe NASA is taking a different approach. il look up again.

[zenoparodie]

@iTchySkiDs you dont make any sense, they are working on the same projects, TOGETHER, is that what you call competition? i call it cooperation,

as of the budgets you just have to look for "budgets of space agencies" on google

[iTchySkiDs]

@zenoparodie ok, I was hoping for intelligent conversation but I'm disappointed. Anyway cant find any reference to budget costs on Wikipedia.

[zenoparodie]

@iTchySkiDs which means there is no competition