/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/in-search-of-dark-energy-the-mysterious-agent-pushing-the-universe-apartOnce upon a time—up until the late 1990s, in fact--we were pretty certain we knew one key thing about the expansion of the Universe: that the gravity of celestial objects was certain to slow the expansion as time went on. Then, around 1998, observatien-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/in-search-of-dark-energy-the-mysterious-agent-pushing-the-universe-apartWed, 25 Mar 2015 19:07:49 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:43167071-4bd0-4003-8f07-8b5b40d1e45bDAB0<p>I explained all of these issues in my book.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dark matter is created as a natural result of stellar fusion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The expansion is driven by charge differences between all of the mass objects.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Stars are slowly fusing mass and converting kinetic energy to potential energy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Eventually, mass will dominate the universe and the expansion will slow, stop and then the contraction will begin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the end, the universe will return to its point of origin and then start the entire cycle all over again.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Simple math.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=20285&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">