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| − | [[Image:56200main dark expansion-lg.jpg|300px|right]]The '''dark energy''' hypothesis is one of two concepts that [[Big Bang]] [[cosmology|cosmologists]] and [[astrophysicists]] to support the [[expanding universe]] theory. Along with [[dark matter]], it was invented to explain the most serious differences to date between [[astronomy|astronomical]] observations of an [[expanding universe]] and their own expectations. It is "the most popular way to explain recent observations that the universe appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate";<ref>[http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Dark_energy New World Encyclopedia]</ref> Astronomers and cosmologists have been speculating on the nature of this dark energy for around {{years ago|1998}} years. | + | [[Image:56200main dark expansion-lg.jpg|300px|right]]The '''dark energy''' hypothesis is one of two concepts that [[Big Bang]] [[cosmology|cosmologists]] and [[astrophysicists]] to support the [[expanding universe]] theory. Along with [[dark matter]], it was invented to explain the most serious differences to date between [[astronomy|astronomical]] observations of an [[expanding universe]] and their own expectations. It is "the most popular way to explain recent observations that the universe appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate";<ref>[http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Dark_energy New World Encyclopedia]</ref> Astronomers and cosmologists have been speculating on the nature of this dark energy for around {{years ago|1998}} years. The term '''Dark Energy''' is declared to had been coined by Michail S. Turner.<ref>{{cite web |
| | + | |title=Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Inflation: The Big Mysteries of Cosmology |
| | + | |author=Michail S. Turner |
| | + | |publisher=Arizona connection, Lectures series |
| | + | |pages=0:01:46/1:11:39 |
| | + | |accessdate=2012-10-14 |
| | + | |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWaOyy3WfWk |
| | + | |quote=Michail S. Turner professor, Kavli institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago: |
| | + | His contributions include Coining the term dark energy ...and several key ideas that lead to dark matter theory of structure formation.}}</ref> |
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| | == The problem == | | == The problem == |