In 1998, astronomers studying distant dying stars discovered something truly shocking. The universe is not just expanding. It is speeding up. A mysterious dark energy acts like a gas pedal, pushing space-time itself apart at an ever-increasing rate.

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Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

iopscience.iop.org · 1998

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The Cosmic Sunset: How the Universe Will End

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Supernovae observations confirm the universe's expansion is currently accelerating.

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