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Could entropy explain dark energy?
This was 3rd beer idea, so please bear with me. What if the universe was not actually expanding but the speed of light was slowing? Wouldn't that be indistinguishable to our observations? Either way ...
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Acceleration in the rate of expanansion of the universe due to weakening gravity?
Could the acceleration in the rate of expansion of the universe be due to the weakening of gravitational forces, as the distance between objects continues to increase?
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Cosmology questions from a novice
These ideas/questions probably represent a lack of understanding on my part,
but here they are:
1) Cosmologists talk about the increasing speed of expansion of the universe and talk of dark energy as ...
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Cosmological constant of standard model of cosmology and observational data
I am curious whether the current Lambda-CDM model of cosmology matches well with observational data, especially expansion of the universe.
How well does Lambda-CDM defend its established status from ...
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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 ...
