dark energy

noun

: a hypothetical form of energy that produces a force that opposes gravity and is thought to be the cause of the accelerating expansion of the universe

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Moreover, neither of these scenarios, nor the now-default direct collapse scenario, can do anything to either alleviate the Hubble tension or to explain the puzzles associated with large-scale structure observation and its implications for dark energy or for neutrino masses. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025 The energy from this recoil would be recorded and assessed as a potential dark energy signal. Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025 To decode the mysterious forces of dark matter and dark energy. Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 There was all sort of bizarre things going on, and there were lots of observations in cosmology that were beginning to support the idea of inflation, dark energy, and so forth. Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for dark energy

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1998, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dark energy was in 1998

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“Dark energy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20energy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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