Chandra Provides Support For Dark Energy

starannihilator writes "The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has provided new evidence supporting the existence of dark energy, the force causing the acceleration of universal expansion. The new findings support the theory that the universe will expand forever, provided there is enough dark matter. CNN and Newsday are running the story, originally reported by NASA. Chandra's site has some good images and information on the three galaxies clusters studied (Abell 2029, MS2137.3-2353, and MS1137.5+6625)."

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Re:Dakr Matter

[savagedome]

bend the known laws of physics and travel faster than the speed of light?

A particle cannot *accelerate* past the speed of light. A particle, like photon, can travel faster than the speed of light as they are already traveling at the speed of light to begin with. Speed of light is the acceleration barrier.