Astronomy Is Abuzz With This New Theory About Black Holes And Dark Energy

A team of scientists think they may have found the source of the eerily named entity of “dark energy” – and it’s black holes.
For context, black holes are the very large objects at the centre of many galaxies, which form in the crushing force of a collapsing star.
If the scientists are correct – and black hole cores are made of “dark energy” – they could be responsible for expanding the universe.
But what’s dark energy (aside from the vibes your ex gives off)? Well, it’s still quiet mysterious.
The concept first emerge in the late 1990s when researchers found the growth of the universe was accelerating, by taking measurements of distant stars.
But, this created a conundrum, because gravity is meant to slow expansion – so why was it only speeding up?
Dark energy was the term coined by researchers for this gap in the scientists’ knowledge about just what appeared to be counteracting gravity and speeding up the expansion of the cosmos.  
Astronomy Is Abuzz With This New Theory About Black Holes And Dark Energy