Just some practice So I read this article today and apparently some South Korean scientists have found proof that the so called Dark Energy is not a thing. It's not the first time somebody made a bold claim like that, of course. But it looks like now we might have gotten something that can potentially gain a lot more traction than anything else before. I am in no way a scientist and, to be honest, this is way over my head but I like reads like that. They somehow help satisfy my natural curiosity. Anyway, back to the point at hand. First of all, from what I gathered the term Dark Energy was coined when some scientists had found that the universe seemed to not just expand but do it at an ever-increasing rate, as if there was some unknown force that drove this inflation. Naturally, that wreaked havoc on mathematical calculations within the Standard Model as they never concluded that anything like that force existed. So the scientist introduced a new variable into equation and, lo and behold, the calculations were all well and sound again. Subsequently, the new variable worked out well with some other mathematical mysteries and that helped tie it all together into the Standard Model again. So basically, it came off as circumstansial evidence that this force does indeed exist. Here, take the Noble Prize! But now those South Korean scientists have come up with a very convincing explantion as to why it was wrong to juggle numbers like that. Simply put, they state that the original calculations that started all this were based on erroneous data. You see, it is believed that magnitude (brightness) of a star going supernova is a constant, and that's why it's instrumental in measuring distance on the universal scale. In fact, this is what the esteemed collegues of our South Korean scientists used back in the day when they came to the conclusion that our Universe expands at an increasing rate. However, as discovered by out South Korean astronomers, it looks like this consonant is not a consonant at all, but in fact, the brightness of a super nova depends on the age of a galaxy the star has formed in and when you account for it the calculations work out just fine with the Standard Model, no Dark Energy adjustments are neccessary! So what does it mean? Well, apparently the rate at which the Universe becomes larger is not getting any higher. That's it! It came out a little lengthier than I'd planned. If there's anything that needs correcting, I'd appreciate it if you took the time.