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Studies support an accelerating universe

New findings support the notion that the universe will expand forever at an increasing rate.

 

References:

Schmidt, B.P. . . . P. Challis . . . A.V. Filippenko, et al. 1998. The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring cosmic deceleration and global curvature of the universe using type Ia supernovae. Astrophysical Journal 507(Nov. 1).

 

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1998. Repulsive force in the cosmos? Science News 153(March 21):185.

______. 1998. Cosmologists in Flatland. Science News 153(Feb. 28):139.

 

Sources:

Alex V. Filippenko
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
Berkeley, CA 94720-3411

Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Princeton University
Princeton University Observatory
Peyton Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544

Saul Perlmutter
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics
Berkeley, CA 94720

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 18, October 31, 1998, p. 277.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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