Dark energy blowing galaxies farther apart

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  January 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......mysteries in the universe: so-called "dark energy," an eerie repulsive force that's driving...have never been seen. The detection of dark energy is shaking the foundations of the standard...and physicists. "We don't know what dark energy is," said Sean Carroll, a physicist...

In 'Dark Energy,' Cosmic Humility.(Giving Globally)(Sharon Begley)

Newsweek;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......faster and faster. Ice is our fate. This dark energy is so pervasive that it makes up 76...10th anniversary of the discovery of dark energy this fall, they have a new appreciation...Copernican humility remains in order. For dark energy revealed that the matter in planets...

Physicists propose tests for dark energy.

United Press International;  June 7, 2001 ;     430 words ......determine whether current models for dark energy need major revisions or just minor fine...how to test the effects of the elusive dark energy that supposedly pervades the cosmos...the existence of large quantities of dark energy, and its counterpart dark matter, in...

WE NEED TO SHED LIGHT ON DARK ENERGY.(Editorial)(Column)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......made of a mysterious entity we call dark energy. We don't know what it is or how it...universe in the future, but understanding dark energy is certain to have profound effects...gravitational effect - and 73 percent dark energy, which pushes back against gravity so...

NEW CLUES ABOUT THE NATURE OF DARK ENERGY: EINSTEIN MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  February 20, 2004 ;     610 words ......maybe. A strange form of energy called "dark energy" is looking a little more like the repulsive...turns out to be wrong, the universe's dark energy probably won't destroy the universe...cosmological constant is real, or at least dark energy does not appear to be changing fast...

Light shed on 'dark energy'

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 22, 2004 ;     417 words ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The mysterious "dark energy" that is pushing apart the universe...opposite manner from the pull of gravity. Dark energy causes the galaxies within the universe...gave it credence. Scientists now know dark energy causes the universe to expand and accelerate...

Measurements Support 'Dark Energy' Theory

AP Online;  February 21, 2004 ;     429 words ......Dateline: LOS ANGELES The mysterious "dark energy" that is pushing apart the universe...opposite manner from the pull of gravity. Dark energy causes the galaxies within the universe...gave it credence. Scientists now know dark energy causes the universe to expand and accelerate...

Dark energy 'imaged' in best detail yet

The Hindustan Times;  May 24, 2008 ;     418 words ......London, May 24 -- Scientists have imaged dark energy, one of the most mysterious matters...independent check on the existence of dark energy. They turned to the cosmic microwave...density of the early universe. When dark energy was proposed, astronomers realised that...

Wrenching findings: homing in on dark energy.(This Week)

Science News;  February 28, 2004 ;     578 words ......this bizarre influence, often known as dark energy. In an analysis of a group of bright...supernovas, researchers have found hints that dark energy is distributed uniformly throughout...constant throughout time. That would make dark energy resemble the cosmological constant...

Astronomers aim to shine light on universe's 'dark...

The Christian Science Monitor;  September 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a mysterious cosmic feature dubbed dark energy has lain like a downed redwood across...and gathers them into large clusters, dark energy would drive them apart. For several...call the big bang. These days, however, dark energy appears to be taking over and speeding...

PHYSICISTS PROPOSE TESTS FOR DARK ENERGY

United Press International;  June 7, 2001 ;     448 words ......06-07-2001 Physicists propose tests for dark energy PASADENA, Jun 07, 2001 (United Press...determine whether current models for dark energy need major revisions or just minor fine...to test the effects of the elusive "dark energy" that supposedly pervades the cosmos...

Mysterious 'dark energy' winning cosmic tug of war

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  September 30, 2007 ;     606 words ......an invisible substance they called "dark energy." Only a tiny fraction, they said, consists...that make up stars, chairs and people. Dark energy has shaken the fields of physics and...them - understands what this mysterious dark energy is. "We don't know any more today than...

NASA AND DOE COLLABORATE ON DARK ENERGY RESEARCH

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  November 19, 2008 ;     448 words ......understanding for the implementation of the Joint Dark Energy Mission, or JDEM. The mission will feature the...designed specifically to understand the nature of dark energy. Dark energy is a form of energy that pervades and dominates...

NASA'S HUBBLE FINDS EVIDENCE FOR DARK ENERGY IN YOUNG UNIVERSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a new constituent of space, but...for most of the universe's history. Dark energy is a mysterious repulsive force that...Investigators used Hubble to find that dark energy was already boosting the expansion rate...

Cosmos at full throttle; A baffling force called dark energy is causing...

The Christian Science Monitor;  May 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......past 6 billion to 7 billion years. This dark energy appears to be causing the universe to...with this discovery, researchers say dark energy still baffles them. Yet several studies...year have strengthened the evidence for dark energy's role as cosmic gas pedal, researchers...