I have been given the impression that the universe is "flat" - I assume this means in the sense of having no (or at least too small to measure) overall curvature. Hence, if there is no acceleration, whether it's open or closed is, as it were, an open question!
On 14 April 2015 at 10:42, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Or not powerful enough to keep the universe expanding unto dissipation? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> > To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Mon, Apr 13, 2015 6:40 pm > Subject: It's possible dark energy isn't as powerful as we thought > > ...or maybe nonexistent, even??? > > > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-universe-might-be-expanding-a-lot-slower-than-we-thought > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
