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  2. Dark energy - Wikipedia

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    This could, for example, treat dark energy and dark matter as different facets of the same unknown substance, [55] or postulate that cold dark matter decays into dark energy. [56] Another class of theories that unifies dark matter and dark energy are suggested to be covariant theories of modified gravities.

  3. Quintessence (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Holographic dark energy models, compared with cosmological constant models, imply a high degeneracy. [clarification needed] [18] It has been suggested that dark energy might originate from quantum fluctuations of spacetime, and is limited by the event horizon of the universe. [19]

  4. Michael S. Turner - Wikipedia

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    Michael S. Turner (born July 29, 1949) [1] is an American theoretical cosmologist who coined the term dark energy in 1998. [2] He is the Rauner Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Chicago, [3] having previously served as the Bruce V. & Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor, [4] and as the assistant director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences ...

  5. Katherine Freese - Wikipedia

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    Freese has contributed to early research on dark matter and dark energy. She was one of the first to propose ways to discover dark matter. [ 7 ] Her idea of indirect detection in the Earth is being pursued by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory experiment, [ 8 ] and the "wind" of dark matter particles felt as the Earth orbits the Milky Way (work ...

  6. Cosmological constant - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1990s, studies have shown that, assuming the cosmological principle, around 68% of the mass–energy density of the universe can be attributed to dark energy. [6] [7] [8] The cosmological constant Λ is the simplest possible explanation for dark energy, and is used in the standard model of cosmology known as the ΛCDM model.

  7. Lambda-CDM model - Wikipedia

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    The fraction of the total energy density of our (flat or almost flat) universe that is dark energy, , is estimated to be 0.669 ± 0.038 based on the 2018 Dark Energy Survey results using Type Ia supernovae [7] or 0.6847 ± 0.0073 based on the 2018 release of Planck satellite data, or more than 68.3% (2018 estimate) of the mass–energy density ...

  8. Scalar field dark matter - Wikipedia

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    The modeled evolution of the universe includes a large amount of unknown matter and energy in order to agree with such observations. This energy density has two components: cold dark matter and dark energy. Each contributes to the theory of the origination of galaxies and the expansion of the universe.

  9. The 4 Percent Universe - Wikipedia

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    Dark energy, however, is a substance or force responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe over time. [2] The significant focus of The 4 Percent Universe is on the developments of astronomical science in the 20th century, including the formation of the expanding universe theory by Edwin Hubble in the 1930s.