Astronomers confirm Einstein's theory of relativity and accelerating cosmic expansion
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 13:29
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astronomers has confirmed that the expansion of the universe is accelerating after looking at data from the largest-ever survey conducted by the Hubble Space Telescope. The researchers have, for the first time ever, used Hubble data to probe the effects of the natural gravitational "weak lenses" in space and characterize the expansion of the universe.