drakkith, i will for now on, indicate that the rate of expansion is increasing and nevermore use the word acceleration. i respect that you want everyone to be precise in what they say, but you will find that the term accleration is used very commonly when describing the expansion of the...
this is why i was confused.
i think what i am referring to is the idea of the cosmological constant. the idea that empty space has its own energy that increases as space increases. it is from this that i generally think of space as 'building up'. but like you said, this is a matter of...
this discussion has left me a little confused. if anyone can clarify the following it would be a great help.
there has been suggestions that the expansion of the Earth is accellerating due to an increase in the a force that is related to space itself - that the void between things has an...