Hunting for dark energy with the WiggleZ
Further reading
October 2008, pages 5.19-5.24
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey (by Chris Blake and the WiggleZ team)
A technical look at the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey, its design and science highlights.
January/February 2009, pages 12-14
Discovering dark energy (by Brian Schmidt)
Explains ways of testing for dark energy.
13 May 2009
A brief guide to cosmology (by John and Mary Gribbin)
Explains inflation, the cosmic microwave background, dark matter and dark energy.
12 September 2008
Supernovae confirmed as universal yardsticks (by Heather Catchpole)
Confirms the value of using supernovae as evidence for dark energy.
April 2008, pages 42-43
Doubts over dark energy (by Jacqui Hayes)
Raises questions about the existence of dark energy.
31 January 2008
More evidence for dark energy's repulsive power
Reports on evidence for dark energy in the distribution and movement of galaxies.
August/September 2007, pages 56-61
Dark forces (by Bruce Dorminey)
Reviews the discovery of dark energy, ideas about the nature of dark energy and evidence for its existence.
2 April 2009, pages 587-589
Cosmology: Dark matter and dark energy (by Robert Caldwell and Marc Kamionkowski)
Reviews some of the evidence for dark matter and dark energy.
13 October 2008
Dark energy: The quest for galaxies (by Eric Hand)
Reports on evidence for dark energy using observations of galaxy clusters.
19 July 2007, pages 245-248
A constant problem (by Geoff Brumfiel)
Discusses the lack of understanding of dark energy and research to explain its nature.
11 April 2009, pages 6-7
What’s happening to dark energy? (by Rachel Courtland)
Suggests that dark energy may be weakening in its effect on the universe.
16 December 2008
Galaxy clusters' stunted growth confirms dark energy (by Rachel Courtland)
Reports on evidence for dark energy from the degree of galaxy clustering in the universe.
12 November 2008, pages 32-35
Is Earth at the heart of a giant cosmic void? (by Marcus Chown)
Suggests that Earth may be in a region with a low density of matter, causing incorrect assumptions about the existence of dark energy.
23 May 2008
Dark energy 'imaged' in best detail yet (by Zeeya Merali)
Describes evidence for dark energy in the temperature fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background.
8 March 2008, pages 32-35
Dark energy may just be a cosmic illusion (by Amanda Gefter)
Proposes that supernova may appear further away due to the uneven distribution of matter in the universe, and that dark energy may not exist.
30 January 2008
Dark energy makes galaxies keep their distance (by David Shiga)
Describes evidence for dark energy’s effect on galaxy clusters.
21 May 2007, page 18
'Dark energy' – the constant we can't live without (by Stuart Clark)
Discusses clustering of galaxies as evidence for dark energy and against modified gravity.
16 February 2007, pages 28-33
Dark energy: Seeking the heart of darkness (by Stuart Clark)
Describes theories and research to explain the nature of dark energy.
3 December 2005, page 18
Dark energy: Was Einstein right all along? (by Stephen Battersby)
Highlights a survey of supernova that supports Einstein’s cosmological constant (as dark energy).
12 January 2005
Big Bang sound waves explain galaxy clustering (by Maggie McKee)
Reports on the findings of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
2 September 2005, pages 1482-1483
The quest for dark energy: High road or low? (by Adrian Cho)
Reviews ideas about the nature of dark energy and different approaches to investigate it.
April 2009, pages 32-39.
Does dark energy really exist? (by Timothy Clifton and Pedro G. Ferreira)
Evaluates an alternative to dark energy: that Earth occupies a relative void in space giving the appearance of an accelerating universe.
18 March 2009
If galaxies are all moving apart, how can they collide? (by Tamara Davis)
Explains the competing forces of gravity and dark energy.
19 December 2008
Beyond the shadow of a doubt? Dark energy independently confirmed (by John Matson)
Reports that the development of galaxy clusters over time supports the existence of dark energy.
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