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Top Stories Tamfitronics In 1961, American astrophysicist and astrobiologist Dr. Frank Drake devised an equation in which several factors are multiplied together to estimate the number of intelligent civilizations in our Milky Way Galaxy capable of making their presence known to humans. More than 60 years on, astrophysicists have produced a different model which instead focuses on the conditions created by the acceleration of the Universe’s expansion and the amount of stars formed. It is thought this expansion is being driven by dark energy that makes up more than two thirds of the Universe.Artistic impression of a Multiverse. Image credit: Jaime Salcido / EAGLE Collaboration.“Understanding dark energy and the impact on our Universe is one of the biggest challenges in cosmology and fundamental physics,” said Dr. Daniele Sorini, a researcher at Durham University’s Institute for...