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New Test by Deepest Galaxy Map Finds Einstein’s Theory Is True
Since it was discovered in the late 1990s that the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate, scientists have been trying to explain why. The mysterious dark energy could be driving acceleration, or Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which says gravity warps space and time, could be breaking down.
A 3-D map of the universe spanning 12 to 14.5 billion light years.
Credit: NAOJ; Partial data supplied by: CFHT, SDSS
Their results indicated that even far into the universe, general relativity is valid, giving further support that the expansion of the universe could be explained by a cosmological constant, as proposed by Einstein in his theory of general relativity.
Experimental results looking at the expansion of the universe, in comparison to that predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity in green.
Credit: Okumura et al.
“Having started this project 12 years ago it gives me great pleasure to finally see this result come out,” said Karl Glazebrook, Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, who proposed the survey.
No one has been able to analyze galaxies more than 10 billion light years away, but the team managed to break this barrier thanks to the FMOS (Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph) on the Subaru Telescope, which can analyze galaxies 12.4 to 14.7 billion light years away. The Prime Focus Spectrograph, currently under construction, is expected to be able to study galaxies even further away.
Details of this study were published online on April 27 in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
Motoko Kakubayashi
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