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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…
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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