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Astronomy

Dark Energy

Quick fact

Dark energy was discovered in 1998 when two competing teams of astronomers found that distant supernovae were dimmer than expected, revealing that the universe's expansion is accelerating, not decelerating.

Why this is interesting

Imagine throwing a ball upward—it slows and falls back. Now picture the entire universe doing the opposite: everything flying apart faster and faster. What could possibly cause that?