⚡ DARK ENERGY: THE FORCE STRETCHING SPACE
PAGE 1 OF 5 — THE FORCE THAT RULES THE UNIVERSE
68% OF EVERYTHING
SPACE ITSELF IS BEING STRETCHED APART
The universe is not just expanding. It is expanding faster and faster every second. Something is pushing space itself outward with increasing force, overcoming the gravity of all the matter in the cosmos. We call this force dark energy. It makes up 68 percent of the entire universe. It is the dominant component of everything that exists. Yet we have absolutely no idea what it is.
⚡ THE DOMINANT FORCE
Dark energy (68%) + dark matter (27%) = 95% of the universe. Everything you have ever seen, every star, planet, gas cloud, and black hole, makes up just 5%. The universe is almost entirely made of things we cannot see or understand.
ACCELERATING!
EXPANDING SPACE
→ Galaxies are not moving through space: space itself expands
🌌 The further away a galaxy is, the faster it recedes
💥 In 1929, Hubble proved all galaxies are moving away from us
🌌 The further away a galaxy is, the faster it recedes
💥 In 1929, Hubble proved all galaxies are moving away from us
ACCELERATING
⚡ In 1998, astronomers found expansion is speeding up
🤔 Gravity should be slowing it down: something is fighting back
❓ That something is dark energy: the universe's biggest mystery
🤔 Gravity should be slowing it down: something is fighting back
❓ That something is dark energy: the universe's biggest mystery