Astronomers Find Evidence , That Black Holes <br />May Be the Source , of Dark Energy.<br />Space.com reports that a team of 17 international <br />researchers led by the University of Hawaii have <br />discovered the first evidence of the source of dark energy.<br />According to the team, <br />dark energy may <br />originate in black holes. .<br />Researchers suggest that older black holes <br />are acquiring mass through a form of <br />dark energy known as "vacuum energy.".<br />According to the team, vacuum energy is , "a kind of energy included in spacetime itself ... [that] pushes <br />the universe further apart, accelerating the expansion." .<br />If the theory holds, <br />then this is going to <br />revolutionize the whole <br />of cosmology, , Dr. Chris Pearson, STFC RAL Space, <br />Co-author of the study, via Space.com.<br />... because at last we've got a solution <br />for the origin of dark energy that's <br />been perplexing cosmologists <br />and theoretical physicists <br />for more than 20 years. , Dr. Chris Pearson, STFC RAL Space, <br />Co-author of the study, via Space.com.<br />Space.com reports that this is the first time that <br />astronomers have obtained observational data to <br />support the theory, which was first proposed by Einstein.<br />We're really saying two things at once: <br />That there's evidence the typical black hole <br />solutions don't work for you on a long, long <br />timescale, and we have the first proposed <br />astrophysical source for dark energy, Duncan Farrah, University of Hawaii <br />astronomer, study author, via Space.com.<br />The team's results were published in <br />'The Astrophysical Journal Letters' on February 15
