Dark Energy and the accelerating Universe and the Big Rip [Frontiers and controversies in Astrophysics]

Educação Superior::Ciências Exatas e da Terra::AstronomiaPresents part of course, Frontiers and controversies in Astrophysics, when Professor Bailyn makes a review of the mysterious nature of Dark Matter, which accounts for three quarters of the Universe. The nature, frequency, and duration of supernovae are then addressed. Presents data from the Supernova Cosmology Project and pictures of supernovae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Big Rip is presented as an alternative hypothesis for the fate of the univers