William Atkins
Thursday, 04 December 2008 21:41
Science -
Space
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Dark energy is a yet-to-be-proven form of energy that astronomers say is found in all of space and because of its presence it increases the rate of expansion of the universe.
Dark energy is thought to make up just under 75% of all of the mass-energy within the universe.
The explosion that Brahe saw, and his later reporting of it, helped scientists to invalidate the ancient models of the universe (that the “heavens” were fixed and unchanging).
It helped to recreate a much more logical and rational progression of how the universe really works. (It changes, varies, with stars and other astronomical bodies being constantly created and others dying, sometimes with explosive deaths.)
The increased importance of scientific-based astronomy began, along with the decreased importance of religious-based astrology.
Astronomers began to produce better star charts and started to observe in much more precision (with the use of more powerful and useful instruments) the astronomical bodies found in the night skies over the Earth.
Today, the Tycho Supernova is continuing to expand our understanding of how the Universe was first created and how it is now evolving, how smaller constellations, stars, and planets form, and how life itself comes about.
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