Dark energy is a puzzling property in deep space which is believed to have played a pivotal role in the Big Bang. Assuming that the standard model of cosmology is correct, the best current measurements indicate that dark energy contributes to 68% of the total energy in the universe. However, the same force that helped create Earth, could also mark its end, it has been revealed.
Ms Thaller, an astronomer who studies binary stars and their life cycles, says dark energy is causing the universe to expand.
She revealed to BigThink earlier this week: “We don’t know what the future holds when it comes to the expansion force of the universe.
“Recently, we have measured that the universe is not only expanding but it is also accelerating.
“In some way that force is getting stronger and stronger.
The Big Rip could pull the Earth apart into nothing (Image: GETTY)
Ms Thaller made the revelation to Big Think (Image: BIG THINK)
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