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Could dark energy be caused by frozen neutrinos?

A new idea links the Standard Model’s most elusive particles with the zero-point energy of the Universe.

Ethan Siegel
5 min readJul 20, 2016

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“If you’re puzzled by what dark energy is, you’re in good company.” -Saul Perlmutter

When the Universe began from its hot, dense, rapidly expanding state — from the Big Bang — there…

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Ethan Siegel
Starts With A Bang!

The Universe is: Expanding, cooling, and dark. It starts with a bang! #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, science communicator & NASA columnist.