Dark energy and flat Universe exposed by simple method

[Swami]

Dark energy is believed to pervade the essence of space and time, forcing a kind of "anti-gravity" that fits cosmologists' equations but that is otherwise a mysterious quantity.

"The problem is that we do not see dark energy because it doesn't emit light, so we cannot measure it by designing a new machine, a new telescope," explained Professor Marinoni.

"What we have to do is to devise a new mathematical framework that allows us to dig into this mystery," he told BBC News.


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11810553

[Carmody]

"Science advances, funeral by funeral." -Max Planck

[TraineeHuman]

The only reason I'm aware of that they call it "dark energy" is because they're determined to believe that the physical universe is entirely made out of "energy", plus "space". Curious, because they already know very well that "dark energy" simply isn't "energy".
Another example of how people will cling to a ridiculous and uncomfortable and embarrassing status quo rather go outside their comfort zone.