A new study published in the UK's “Royal Astronomical Society Monthly: Express” suggests that “dark energy” may not exist. This view may trigger a new understanding of the expansion of the universe. Researchers at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand recently published a paper saying that through analysis of the light variation curves of supernovae, they discovered that the expansion of the universe is not uniform in the first place. This conclusion supports a cosmic expansion model that does not require “dark energy,” the “time landscape” model. According to this model, phenomena related to light being stretched are not the result of the accelerated expansion of the universe, but rather the result of how people calibrate time and distance.

A new study published in the UK's “Royal Astronomical Society Monthly: Express” suggests that “dark energy” may not exist. This view may trigger a new understanding of the expansion of the universe. Researchers at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand recently published a paper saying that through analysis of the light variation curves of supernovae, they discovered that the expansion of the universe is not uniform in the first place. This conclusion supports a cosmic expansion model that does not require “dark energy,” the “time landscape” model. According to this model, phenomena related to light being stretched are not the result of the accelerated expansion of the universe, but rather the result of how people calibrate time and distance.