The Universe s Growth Spurt Is Accelerating

Mysterious dark energy is not only thought to be driving the expansion of the universe, it appears to be pulling the cosmos apart at everincreasing speeds. In 1998, two teams of astronomers announced that not only is the universe expanding, but it is accelerating as well. According to the researchers, the farther a galaxy is from Earth, the faster it is moving away. The universes acceleration also confirms Albert Einsteins theory of general relativity, and lately, scientists have revived Einsteins cosmological constant to explain the strange dark energy that seems to be counteracting gravity and causing the universe to expand at an accelerating pace.