U astronomiji je tamna energija naziv za vrstu nepoznate energije koja prožima ceo svemir i ubrzava njegovo širenje.[1]
Teorija tamne energije je najšire prihvaćena hipoteza kojom se objašnjavaja uočeno ubrzano širenje svemira. U okviru trenutno dominantne lambda CDM paradigme, a na osnovu prikupljenih podataka Plank letelice,[2][3][4][5] vidljivi deo svemira se sastoji od:
↑Sean Carroll, Ph.D., Cal Tech, 2007, The Teaching Company, Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe, Guidebook deo 2 strana 46, Pristupljeno 7. oktobra 2013.
↑Prvi rad o pozitivnoj Lambda konstanti je Paal, G. i drugi (1992). „Inflation and compactification from galaxy redshifts?”. ApSS191: 107–24. Bibcode1992Ap&SS.191..107P. DOI:10.1007/BF00644200.
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Welt der Wunder. Stuttgart 2008, 2, S.24.
Sidney C. Wolff, Tod R. Lauer: Observing dark energy. Astronomical Soc. of the Pacific conference series. Bd 339. San Francisco Calif. 2005. ISBN1-58381-206-7
Luca Amendola, et al.: Dark energy - theory and observations. Cambridge Univ. Pr., Cambridge 2010, ISBN978-0-521-51600-6.
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" one of the images of the Cosmic Microwave Background which confirmed the presence of dark energy and dark matter
SuperNova Legacy Survey home page The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey Supernova Program aims primarily at measuring the equation of state of Dark Energy. It is designed to precisely measure several hundred high-redshift supernovae.