Originally Posted By: Orac
Can I offer at least a simple suggestion why don't you all at least read a simple layman FAQ on dark energy. You might then at least get the basics right.

Rede is at least semi close but the rest of you are so far off it hurts. Sean Caroll's FAQ would be a good layman readable start point.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/10/04/dark-energy-faq/

Rede got to the point he realized the dark energy stayed constant and it gives the direct problem that comes under the special title in the FAQ

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If the dark energy has a constant density, but space expands, doesn’t that mean energy isn’t conserved?

Think carefully about the answer and what it implies and see if you agree with Sean Caroll.

So either you choose dark energy or you choose conservation of energy you can not have both.

Good luck people.



p1...p2...p3...p4....M >>>
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m

mass M is moving
Inverse Square Law
and huge distance 1000000000000000.....0000... light years



mass m will acelerate
but if the distance is huge ( Intensity of the signal is almost constant )



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