New research rules out measurement errors and raises new questions. “If measurement errors are excluded, there remains the real and exciting possibility that we have misunderstood the universe,” says physicist Adam Riess.
Riess shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with other researchers in 2011 for discovering the accelerated expansion of the universe. Two telescopes intended to investigate the influence of dark energy in the universe could help: The ESA space telescope is already active, and the US space telescope of Nasa is scheduled to launch in 2027.