Scientists working at the large hadron collider in CERN have discovered a new colour so black that it is no longer black. The new colour has been called Lorem Nigrum after the Latin for 'super black'. This new discovery provides crucial evidence which is being used to help develop theories about dark matter and dark energy. It is hoped that by the end of 2012 a whiter version of white will be discovered but now we have to make do with super black. Below is an image of this new colour.
Showing posts with label dark energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dark energy. Show all posts
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Simple Fact: When will the universe end?
No one really knows the answer to this, the universe is approximately 14 billion years old. The big crunch used to be a theory that was tossed about where at some point the universe would collapse back in on itself. However, the latest theory claims that the universe will expand forever, at the moment the universe can maintain life stars and planets, but in about sextillion years (1 with 21 zeros after it) all that will be in the universe will be black holes. Eventually after one-googol-one-octillion years (thats roughly 1 with 148 zeros after it) the universe will have expanded so much that all that will be left is dark energy and the only thing that will stop the entire universe from being completely uniform will be random fluctuations in the dark energy. Now you might ask what will happen after this well the theory can go one of two ways the universe will keep expanding infinitely or through some unknown process another big bang could occur creating another universe. My advise for now is don't set your alarm yet or you'll be waiting a while.
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