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Could Dark Matter Be Fully or Partially Explained by Gravitational Waves?

This is something I have wondered for a long time and cannot see why it is not a possible solution. Basically, any motion of matter (Mass may be a more accurate description here) through space time ...
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Could dark energy be the gravitational force of the perimeter mass expanding faster than speed of light?

Due to inflation in the beginning of the universe, there may be a perimeter mass which expanding faster than speed of light and gravity of inner space can not reach and pull it, but inner space can be ...
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Cosmological consequences of the mass-energy content of gravitational waves

This paper published in 1969 indicates that a majority of the mass-energy of the universe may be contained in gravitational waves: "Turning next to phenomena on a galactic scale, we find it ...
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Can gravity be conceived of as 'repelling' regions of lower energy density?

*I'm a writer, not a physicist, so please bear with me in my 'ham'-handling of physics and its terminology! My question is about whether repulsive forces over large distances could exist. My ...
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Extracting energy from the universe's expansion using gravitational waves

Would it be possible to extract energy from the universe's expansion by having two massive bodies orbit each other in such a way that their rate of infall due to emitting gravitational waves is ...
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Superposition of gravitational waves and the dark energy

Is it theoretically possible to create a superposition of gravitational waves that form a locally static negative curvature, something like the dark energy?
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Can the accumulation of gravitational wave energy explain Dark Energy? [duplicate]

Gravitational waves do not dissipate. How significant is this accumulation of gravitational waves throughout the entire history of the universe? How much energy is that accumulation and how does that ...
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Gravitational waves and negative pressure

I was recently reviewing an article published by Dr. Harold White and Dr. Eric Davis (as seen here) which summarized the creation and activity of negative pressure for a supposed place-filler for the ...
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Gravitational waves affected by dark energy

If the attenuation of gravitational waves with distance (from a detectable event like those LIGO has seen), could be measured, would that inform us about dark energy?
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Is there any primordial gravitational wave(form) that could explain dark energy?

First, I asked myself the question: Is there any gravitational waveform, however fantastical, that could explain dark energy. I suppose for a ubiquitous gravitational wave to be an explanation for ...
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Gravitational waves in general relativity

After reading some concepts of general relativity,is it true that the universe communicate with its different constituents (stars, galaxies, etc...) via gravitational wave? If so, how is that? Do ...
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Gravitational waves as dark energy?

Is the energy carried by gravitational radiation a viable candidate for $\Lambda$ / dark energy?
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