Cheap Astronomy - Dear Cheap Astro #117: The Dark Side

Hosted by Steve Nerlich.

Stumbling around in the dark again.

What is the latest on dark matter?

Well, there's not much new to report here. The nature and composition of dark matter remains unknown, but the likelihood that there is vast amount of non-interacting, invisible and gravity-inducingly material remains high.

Are black holes the source of dark energy?

To give you the full story, someone sent a link to an article that claims that black holes are the source of dark energy, along with their actual question which was 'this is just bollocks isn't it'?

And yes, it would seem so. Firstly, to properly unravel the story, we should start by acknowledging that Cheap Astronomy thinks the whole dark energy concept is a bit meh. But leave that all to one side…

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