In the study of the physical universe Dark Energy is a mysterious phenomenon. For years there was a little understanding of what it actually is. But the study of three astronomers Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and Adam Riess shed some light on the mysterious darkness. and as result, the have snagged the 2011 Noble Prize for Physics.A curious phenomenon has been referred as Dark Energy. It has been well documented for years that universe is expanding. But the most curious thing is that this expansion is acually picking up in pace. The idea is that something must be making it to do that. While it still is not known exactly about the force that is causing this acceleration. Saul, Brian Adam and all astronomers spent years to collect data and understand the concept of dark energy and to observe the increasing expansion of the universe over 20 years ago, when the light from distant supernova was weaker than expected.
They concluded that the universe was expanding faster, they took it upon themselves to largely carry the torch in the continued study of dark energy since then. it is now thought that dark energy makes up about 75% of the universe. 21% is supposed to be dark matter, with the rest being ordinary matter.
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