Dismantling the Myth of Dark Energy
In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that is thought to permeate all of space. This article is an effort to dismantle the myth of dark energy. What is Dark Energy? Dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that is thought to permeate all of space and is driving the accelerated expansion of the universe. It was first proposed to explain the observation that distant galaxies are moving away from us at an accelerating rate, contrary to what one might expect based on the gravitational attraction of matter. This article is an effort to dismantle the myth of dark energy. The incorporation of dark energy into the equations of the cosmic model, specifically in the framework of cosmology, is necessary to account for the observed accelerated expansion of the universe. The standard model of cosmology, known as the Lambda-CDM model, includes dark energy as a component alongside other constituents like ordinary matter (atoms)...