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Dark matter references
I've been looking for questions about dark matter, and I've read some very interesting answers. However, I desire too look into it deeply.
This is not actually a question. I'm asking the community ...
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Dark Energy saving the world
Ok, my understanding of physics is still limited, hoping to change that in the following years, but I have a question.
Dark energy is what provokes the expansion of the universe, so, in theory, it ...
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Is dark matter really matter?
Is dark matter really a form of matter? We know it has a gravitional attraction and we know that everything that has a gravitional force is made by matter. But maybe this is an exception?
And if ...
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Theory that gets rid of dark matter/energy
Is there any physics theory that either groups together gravity and dark energy/dark matter or eliminates dark energy/dark matter by modifying standard understanding of gravity or any force? If so, ...
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What experiments, other than Hubble Expansion, support the Dark Energy theory?
Dark energy is introduced as a constant inside Einstein's equations. Its primary purpose, from what I understand, is to make Einstein's equations compatible with the accelerating expansion of the ...
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Are modified theories of gravity credible?
I'm a statistician with a little training in physics and would just like to know the general consensus on a few things.
I'm reading a book by John Moffat which basically tries to state how GR makes ...
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When will the Hubble volume coincide with the volume of the observable Universe?
The Hubble volume is the volume that corresponds to objects so far from the Earth that the space between us and them is expanding faster than the speed of light. (I.e. objects outside this volume ...
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squeezed radiation astronomy
Squeezed electromagnetic vacuum does have a renormalized energy density smaller than the vacuum. So it makes it in my opinion a inconspicuous candidate for a dark energy carrier.
Are there ...
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Dark matter and dark energy [duplicate]
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Dark matter references
I have recently read about dark matter and dark energy, and why physicists think it must exist (dark matter: mass of galaxies are far bigger than ...
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Possibility of making dark energy equivalent with dark matter
I was curious whether it is possible to make dark energy equivalent to dark matter.
Can this unification be done?
If it can, why do scientists prefer to separate dark energy from dark matter?
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Is antigravity the source of accelerating expansion (dark energy)?
Is antigravity the source of accelerating expansion(dark energy)?
From the observation of 1998, we found that our universe has been continuing accelerating expansion, and the unknown cause for this ...
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Dark energy converted to electricity [duplicate]
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Dark Energy saving the world
In theory, dark energy be used to generate electricity. Given its apparent abundance, this could provide rather a lot (perhaps too much) ...
