首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It is hardly surprising that something called dark energy is hard to study. It is important, though. If it exists at all, it mak
It is hardly surprising that something called dark energy is hard to study. It is important, though. If it exists at all, it mak
admin
2010-10-28
41
问题
It is hardly surprising that something called dark energy is hard to study. It is important, though. If it exists at all, it makes up about three-quarters of the stuff in the universe. And if it does not exist, then existing theories of physics will have to be useless.
The latest evidence that dark energy really does exist was produced on December 16th by Alexey Vikhlinin, of the Smithsonian Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his colleagues. They used an orbiting X-ray telescope called Chandra to study the way that groups of galaxies grow. They discovered that this growth is restrained in exactly the way that dark-energy theory predicts.
The idea of dark energy was dreamed up ten years ago, to explain why the expansion of the universe that began with the Big Bang seems to be accelerating, rather than slowing down. That unexpected finding was the result of studies of supernovas (超新星) whose apparent brightness (and therefore distance) did not match the previous theory. Dark energy causes the acceleration by pushing space itself apart, altering the distances to the supernovas as it does so.
Dark energy is also a convenient explanation for another curiosity. Geometrically, space is flat. For it to be held that way, rather than getting more and more curved over time, the amount of matter and energy it contains must be at a particular, critical density. Without the dark energy needed to explain the acceleration, the universe would have only a quarter of the necessary density. It is therefore a relief that Dr Vikhlinin’s results agree with the theory: the pushing apart of space that dark energy causes makes it harder than it otherwise would be for galactic clusters(银河星团) to grow.
This result does not bring physicists much closer to understanding what dark energy actually is. The favored explanation is the so-called universal constant -- an as-yet-unobserved consequence of the general theory of relativity. But that theory predicts a force far more powerful than the one actually seen. So the truth is that physicists are still in the dark.
Where did the physicists get the fact that universe expansion is accelerating?
选项
答案
groups of galaxies grow.
解析
由定位句可知,物理学家研究超新星时得到了这一出乎意料的发现。又根据句中指示代词“that”的指代关系,可知“出乎意料的发现”是指宇宙扩张速度加快,从而推知研究学家们是通过对超新星的研究发现宇宙扩张在加速这一事实的,故本题答案是From the result of studies of supernovas。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/4CeFFFFM
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
ProtestsattheuseofanimalsinresearchhavetakenanewandfearfulcharacterinBritainwiththeattemptedmurderoftwoBr
Everyonehasheardtilephrase"apictureisworthathousandwords".Videoconferencingprovidesthatpicture,bringingdecision
A、Toshowthatmindlessgraffiticanprovokeviolence.B、ToshowthatLondonershaveaspeciallikingforgraffiti.C、Toshowth
Whatissportsviolence?Thedistinctionbetweenunacceptableviciousnessandagame’snormalrough-and-tumbleisimpossibleto
Goingthroughlifeasaperfectionistwillalwaysdamageyourself-esteemandstripyouofanywarmfeelingsofself-acceptance
A、She’sveryinterestedintheidea.B、Shethinkstheyshouldinvitemorepeople.C、Shecan’taffordaholidayinJune.D、She’s
TheBankofEnglandwillkeepinterestratesonholdthismonth,afterAugust’scut,butproofofslowingeconomicgrowthwillp
A、Mostwerequieteramusements.B、Childrenplayeddifferentgamesthantheirparents.C、Theyprobablyhadsomereligiousmeaning
Theconceptofhealthholdsdifferentmeaningsfordifferentpeopleandgroups.Thesemeaningofhealthhavealsochangedover
随机试题
暑淫证的性质特点
下列不属于高血压危象的是
足阳明胃经主治
(2010年多项选择第64题)根据服务交易地点及服务提供者、消费者的关系不同,可把服务贸易归纳为()。
补充耕地方案编制的主体,一般由()负责编制。
如果在总分类账户中登记借方,那么在其所属的明细分类账户中也应当记借方;相反,如果在总分类账户中记贷方,那么,在其所属的明细分类账户中也应当记贷方。()
简述当代主要的教学理论流派。
[2015年]设A>0,D是由曲线段y=Asinx(0≤x≤)及直线y=0,x=所围成的平面区域,V1,V2分别表示D绕x轴与绕y轴旋转所成的旋转体的体积.若V1=V2,求A的值.
Consumerproductssuchasshampoosandsunscreens,evenonesboostedassafer,maycontainpotentiallyharmfulchemicalsnotlis
Managementjargoncanalienatestaffandleavebosseslookinguntrustworthyandweak,accordingtoasurveypublishedonMonday
最新回复
(
0
)