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Universe Speeding up its Expansion, Is Newton's Gravitational Theory Flawed?

Anupam — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:32:25 +0000

Scientists had discovered by the end of the last century that the expansion of the universe is not slowing down but it is accelerating. Earlier scientists usually thought that the gravitational forces of the universe will slow down its...

Rethinking Gravity: Modern technologies help predict Einstein's theory in different contexts

Irani — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:38:52 +0000

A galaxy of leading physicists and astrophysicists will convene in Tucson on Jan. 22 - 24, 2007. More than three dozen experts are expected to attain the conference — Rethinking Gravity: from the Planck scale to the size of the Universe -...

Einstein's Dark Energy 'Do' Accelerates The Universe

Irani — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:48:35 +0000

The enigmatic “dark energy” that drives the acceleration of the Universe behaves just like Einstein’s famed cosmological constant, according to the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS). It is an international team of researchers in...