%0 Journal Article %T Living with ¦« %A Nowakowski %A M. %A Arraut %A I. %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332008000400009 %X the return of the cosmological constant a to explain the accelerated stage of the universe has brought back many puzzles and misteries surrounding this constant. these enigmas touch upon the scales set by ¦Ë, the cosmological aspect, the astrophysical effects of ¦Ë and its role in quantum gravity. we will briefly discuss all these aspects putting the emphasis on issues not commonly known. %K cosmological constant %K astrophysics %K black body radiation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332008000400009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en