Sentences with phrase «which accelerates the expansion of the universe»

The cause could be the existence of another, unknown particle — perhaps an often - hypothesized fourth flavor of neutrino — or that the influence of dark energy (which accelerates the expansion of the universe) has increased over the 13.8 billion year history of the universe.

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[5][6] The theory could potentially explain why a mysterious repulsive form of energy known as the «cosmological constant», and which is accelerating the expansion of the universe, is several orders of magnitude smaller than predicted by the standard Big Bang model.»

It is believed that vacuum fluctuations may have a connection with «dark energy» which drives the accelerated expansion of the universe.

It does not explain the perplexing phenomenon of dark energy, which is accelerating the expansion of the universe, nor does it account for dark matter, the invisible material that outweighs visible galaxies five to one.

Such extra dimensions might explain some conundrums in physics, such as the existence of dark matter (an as - yet - unidentified source of mass in the universe) and dark energy (which causes the universe's expansion rate to accelerate), says coauthor Daniel Holz, an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago.

Dark energy, thought to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe, exerts negative pressure, which suggests it might have negative temperature — Schneider is currently discussing the idea with cosmologists.

AN OPTICAL illusion has enabled the most precise measurement yet of the abundance of the mysterious dark energy, which is thought to be accelerating the universe's expansion.

One of them accounts for so - called dark energy, which comprises about 70 per cent of the total energy of the universe and is responsible for its accelerated expansion.

For decades, scientists had been trying to link mainstream physics» understanding of viscosity with a related concept: cosmic viscosity, which tells us about the universe's resistance to accelerating expansion.

More recently, Verlinde suggested an alternative called «emergent gravity,» in which gravity is a byproduct of quantum fluctuations and dark energy (another scarcely understood phenomenon, one that seems to be causing the universe's expansion to accelerate).

But it could also describe last year's Nobel Prize in Physics, for which three researchers representing two teams totaling 51 scientists were recognized for uncovering the accelerating expansion of the universe.

The largest map of dark matter ever made (pictured) is one of several new ones that will help to nail the properties of the equally mysterious dark energy, which is thought to drive the universe's accelerating expansion.

And, you know, one of the best ways to track dark energy, which is the force that's causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate, is to see how far spread apart things are in the distant universe, to see how fast the universe is pulling apart.

The frequency of gravitational lensing, which can be measured by counting the number of gravitationally lensed quasars within a given quasar catalog, allows one to infer the expansion speed of the universe, because the accelerated expansion increases the distance to each quasar and therefore enhances the chance of gravitational lensing (Figure 2).

ML: What we know is that dark energy, which was discovered in 1998, seems to be responsible for the present accelerating expansion of the universe.

Dark energy, which is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe, is one of the biggest mysteries in physics.