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He later said of his Cosmological Constant, "It was the biggest blunder of my life."

He later said of his Cosmological Constant, "It was the biggest blunder of my life."

An interesting end-note on this term: Principle investigators from [[Princeton]] [[University]] first published findings in 1998 apparently revealing an [[accelerating]] expansion for the universe<ref>http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm.html</ref>. Because this initially seemed like it might be a sort of 'anti-gravity' effect (similar in concept to Einstein's original notion), it briefly became quite popular for scientists to dub it the 'Cosmological Constant' as well.

An interesting end-note on this term: Principle investigators from [[Princeton]] [[University]] first published findings in 1998 apparently revealing an [[accelerating]] expansion for the universe<ref>http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm.html</ref>. Because this initially seemed like it might be a sort of 'anti-gravity' effect (similar in concept to Einstein's original notion), it briefly became quite popular for scientists to dub the [[phenomenon]] the 'Cosmological Constant' as well.

Subsequent observations and further analysis have confirmed that not only were the initial [[WMAP]] findings correct, but they have also revealed that the effect arises rather from a much deeper and more fundamental characteristic of the fabric of space-time itself.  For more information, see: [[Dark Energy]].

Subsequent observations and further analysis have confirmed that not only were the initial [[WMAP]] findings correct, but they have also revealed that the effect arises rather from a much deeper and more fundamental characteristic of the fabric of space-time itself.  For more information, see: [[Dark Energy]].