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Science Made Simple: What is Cosmic Acceleration and Dark Energy? – SciTechDaily

The universe is expanding, and it expands a little faster all the time. Scientists call the speeding up of this expansion cosmic acceleration. This growth increases…

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ByU.S. Department of EnergyFebruary 27, 2021
The universe is expanding, and it expands a little faster all the time. Scientists call the speeding up of this expansion cosmic acceleration. This growth increases the distance between points in the universe, just like stretching a rubber sheet would make points on that sheet move further and further apart.
The universe has experienced two distinct periods of cosmic acceleration. The first, called inflation, occurred a fraction of a second after the…

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