(September 12, 2014 at 2:52 am)sswhateverlove Wrote:In all honesty, I don't comprehend your stance.(September 12, 2014 at 2:35 am)LostLocke Wrote: Wow.. OK... for the last time, it is not undetectable.
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?
No disagreement with your rundown, only the "not undetectable" part.
The fact that we detect that the universe is expanding and accelerating.....
...means that we detect that something is causing this.