Suggested Reading
Books and articles about dark energy and dark matter.
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| Dark Side of the Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Cosmos, by Iain Nicolson; Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 | Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe’s Missing Mass and Energy, by Dan Hooper; Smithsonian Books, 2006 | The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos, by Robert P. Kirshner; Princeton University Press, 2000 |
Articles
baryon acoustic oscillations
Big Bang
Big Crunch
Big Rip
cosmic microwave background
Cosmological Constant
cosmology
dark energy
dark matter
Doppler shift
expanding universe
gravity
HETDEX
Hobby-Eberly Telescope
inflation
light-year
parallax
parsec
quintessence
redshift
relativity, general
spectroscopy
spectrum
supernova
vacuum energy
VIRUS
Novel Experiment Prepares to Join Dark Energy Hunt, by Alan S. Brown, Scientific American, April 19, 2010
Probing the Biggest Mystery in the Universe, by Richard Panek, Smithsonian, April 2010
"Will Dark Energy Tear the Universe Apart?" by Liz Kruesi, Astronomy, February 2009
Does Dark Energy Really Exist, by Timothy Clifton and Pedro G. Ferreira; Scientific American, April 2009
"The End of Cosmology?" by Lawrence M. Krauss and Robert J. Scherrer; Scientific American, March 2008
Embracing the Dark Side: Looking back on a decade of cosmic acceleration, by Ron Cowen; Science News, February 2, 2008
Dark Energy: The Decade Ahead, Physics World, December 3, 2007
"Cosmic Efforts Shed Light on Dark Universe," by David Bradley; StarDate, July/August 2007
The Search for Dark Energy, by Marcus Woo; Symmetry (Fermilab), May 2007
The Secrets of Dark Energy, by Meg Urry; Parade, May 27, 2007
Out There, by Richard Panek; The New York Times Magazine, March 11, 2007
"In the Dark: A mysterious force is tearing the universe apart!" by Ed Regis; Air & Space/Smithsonian, February/March 2005
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