Is Dark Energy an Illusion?

[link|http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11498-is-dark-energy-an-illusion.html|New Scientist]:

The quickening pace of our universe's expansion may not be driven by a mysterious force called dark energy after all, but paradoxically, by the collapse of matter in small regions of space.

Astronomers were astonished to discover in 1998 that the expansion of the universe is happening at an ever-increasing rate. The mysterious repulsive force responsible for this was dubbed dark energy, though scientists still do not know what it is (see [link|http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19325911.700-dark-energy-seeking-the-heart-of-darkness.html|Dark energy: seeking the heart of darkness]).

Now, physicist Syksy Rasanen of CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, says we might not need dark energy after all. As counter-intuitive as it sounds, the increasing rate of expansion might be due to the collapse of small regions of the universe under gravity, he says.

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Cheers,
Scott.
(Who has been very skeptical of Dark Energy, but who doesn't know enough to determine which explanation is more likely.)

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Post #280,073 by Another Scott 3/30/07 8:03:36 AM Reply	Is Dark Energy an Illusion? [link\|http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11498-is-dark-energy-an-illusion.html\|New Scientist]: The quickening pace of our universe's expansion may not be driven by a mysterious force called dark energy after all, but paradoxically, by the collapse of matter in small regions of space. Astronomers were astonished to discover in 1998 that the expansion of the universe is happening at an ever-increasing rate. The mysterious repulsive force responsible for this was dubbed dark energy, though scientists still do not know what it is (see [link\|http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19325911.700-dark-energy-seeking-the-heart-of-darkness.html\|Dark energy: seeking the heart of darkness]). Now, physicist Syksy Rasanen of CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, says we might not need dark energy after all. As counter-intuitive as it sounds, the increasing rate of expansion might be due to the collapse of small regions of the universe under gravity, he says. [...] Cheers, Scott. (Who has been very skeptical of Dark Energy, but who doesn't know enough to determine which explanation is more likely.)
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Post #280,507 by boxley 4/3/07 8:17:51 PM Reply	remember clerks II version of the tolkien trilogy some people like that style. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
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