... Nobels for a Strange Universe . ... Credit Copyright: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA Explanation: Thirteen years ago results were first presented indicating that most of the energy in our universe is not in stars or galaxies but is tied to space itself. ... Over the past thirteen years , independent teams of astronomers have continued to accumulate data that appears to confirm the existence of dark energy and the unsettling result of a presently accelerating universe . ...