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Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > "In systems that are gravitationally bound, such as galaxies or our
> > planetary system, the expansion of space is a much weaker effect than
> > the attractive force of gravity."
> Yeah, I was interpreting that kind of statement as "gravity holds things
> together in spite of the expansion of space trying to pull them apart." On
> the other hand, it could be that the "dark energy" (i.e. vacuum energy) or
> expansion of space or whatever is actually suppressed (in some sense) by the
> presence of normal energy or the presence of curved space. I don't know at
> this point any more.
Has it even been hypothesized *why* the expansion of the universe
happens? Or is it just another one of those "it just happens, we don't
really know why" things?
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- Warp
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