Talk:Dark energy/FAQ
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The total amount of dark energy increases as space expands. Doesn't that violate conservation of energy?
Conservation of energy is not well-defined in curved spacetime, since the stress-energy tensor does not transform cleanly under change of coordinates.[FAQ 1]
References
- ^ Michael Weiss; John Baez (2017). "Is Energy Conserved in General Relativity?". math.ucr.edu. Retrieved 16 December 2021.