SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 8, 2025Nautilus

These Physicists Want to Ditch Dark Energy

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A new study challenges the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of accelerating universe expansion, suggesting it may be a misinterpretation. Using a "timescape" model that accounts for varying matter distribution, researchers argue dark energy is unnecessary to explain supernovae observations, potentially upending standard cosmology.

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