In the world of Physics there is a theory that a mysterious energy called "dark energy" is causing the universe to expand...The gravity that holds it together should be making it contract, but scientists discovered that it is constantly accelerating in its expansion. They theorized that an unknown energy was causing this. they gave it a fitting name.

The only thing that can wake me up in a cold sweat is the thought of being alone in the dark, cold and isolated from those I love, dying alone with no one to remember me or carry on my legacy...to truly cease to exist in life and thought. In the same way, the thought of being the only planet with sentient life is far more frightening to me than the thought of being invaded by malevolent aliens. The latter, at least, implies that there are other races out there, some of which might be good, and thus able to help us. The former, however, implies that when our race dies out, there will be no one to remember us. It will be the end.

The expansion of the universe will eventually lead our planet away from the sun. it will be cold, and dark. We will see far less stars in the sky, until eventually the only friend we will have left is our moon. Applying the name dark energy to this force that will lead us to this pitiful end gives us something to oppose, something to fight back against.

Now, I personally believe that there are aliens/angels...call them whatever, and that when we die our spirits go back and re-assimilate into the all composing membrane/entity/God....

BUT THE BAD GUISE R MAEKIN THE UNIVERSE SPLIT APART! ROW ROW FIGHT THE DARK POWER!