(September 12, 2014 at 2:29 am)sswhateverlove Wrote: "The Force", ok, thanks YodaWow.. OK... for the last time, it is not undetectable.
Pretty interesting that we've come to the point in science where the scientific community is generally accepting an invisible and undetectable "force" driving the acceleration of the expansion of the universe. I think it's cool. I'm looking forward to what comes next.
The basic rundown:
The universe is expanding. This is a known fact.
The expansion of the universe is accelerating. This is a known fact.
What is causing the acceleration? We really don't know, but we've given this phenomenon the placeholder name of "dark energy".
What about this concept is giving you trouble?