The space is expanding and its expansion rate is accelerating. Dark energy is not pushing objects apart, it is causing the acceleration of expansion of space.<p>What you said isn&#x27;t even pop science, it is blatantly wrong.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Metric_expansion_of_space" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Metric_expansion_of_space</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dark_energy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dark_energy</a><p>And the money quote:<p><i>It is called &quot;dark&quot; because it is not interacting with normal matter, but only with the space time structure.</i><p>from <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;physics.stackexchange.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;206217" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;physics.stackexchange.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;206217</a>