Stargazers spot dark energy The distribution of galaxies and the time it takes for galactic clusters to form are behind a University of Queensland claim confirming the existence of dark energy. Dark energy has been predicted as a defender of Einsteinian models of the universe, ever since the 1990s when astrophysicists identified the accelerating …
This is interesting stuff, but doesn't really say any more than the headline did. How is the distance between galaxies related to dark energy theories? The article doesn't say. Instead we have "They measured A and concluded B," with no mention of the results of the measurement or the chain of logic involved.
There's no link to more information either. But that might not be the author's fault.
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> but what does that mean for galaxies?
Do the models (and this result) account for dark matter as well as dark energy?
To say that this result confirms the existence of dark energy is too much like rent-seeking. If correct, it confirms the results of the mechanized supernova surveys, nothing more.
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In the beginning was the Singularity and it knew not time or space nor of what it was made.
And lo the Singularity was touched by the hand of God and as a mighty blow space and time did exist.
The Singularity found that it was no longer in one place but scattered over 100bn light years of space. The Singularity was discomforted by the lack of self comfort and tears condensed from the void forming all that is visible and the stars which spread across the firmament. But part of the Singularity was so thin it kept to itself and hid amongst the brightness of the stars. Because this part eschewed the light it became dim and was transformed dark matter and dark energy.
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