Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe

by Evalyn Gates

Book Overview

Dark energy. Dark matter. These strange and invisible substances don't just sound mysterious: their unexpected appearance in the cosmic census is upending long-held notions about the nature of the Universe. Astronomers have long known that the Universe is expanding, but everything they could see indicated that gravity should be slowing this spread. Instead, it appears that the Universe is accelerating its expansion and that something stronger than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393062384
• ISBN13: 9780393062380
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"