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The Most Profound Mystery in Science: Dark Energy

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May 09, 2009

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THERE is an awful lot of it about but what it is remains the "most profound mystery in science", says the man who gave it its name: dark energy.

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Sydney43,

May 11, 2009

The future of the universe is exceedingly mysterious! As I understand it, it will 'explode outward' for an unimaginably long time, then contract and 'come together' again. The universe is clearly yin:yang so expansion:contraction again, and again, and again must certainly be the underlying reality of nature. Dark energy, then, is the yang force that projects outward and will, most certainly, give way to the yin force at some time. Really fascinating stuff!

Debra Berndt,

May 12, 2009

I have always been fascinated with the mysteries of the universe. Shocking that only 4% of it is visible. We will probably never understand how everything works beyond our conscious awareness but it interesting that the deeper the scientists get to figuring things out, the further their understanding needs to go. What a ride!

Steveecabc,

May 15, 2009

Dark energy is a proposal of science to explain the continuing expansion of the universe. Dark matter was supposed to halt this expansion, but it obviously is not doing this. Science readily admits that if this dark energy does exist, they have no idea as to where it came from. They seem be like drowning men clutching at straws.