Throwing light on dark energy

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5627, 2003, Pages 1914-1918

  Kirshner, Robert P ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SPACE RESEARCH;

SUPERNOVA;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY;

COSMOS; ENERGY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037938710     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086879     Document Type: Review

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