In fact Einstein had introduced the cosmological constant in 1917 to solve the problem of the universe which had troubled Newton before him, namely why does the universe not collapse under gravitational attraction.
Sa katunayan Einstein had ipinakilala ang kosmolohiko pare-pareho sa 1917 upang malutas ang problema ng daigdig na kung saan nagkaroon ligalig Newton bago sa kanya, namely kung bakit ang ang universe hindi malugmok sa ilalim ng gravitational-akit.