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New Study Says that Dark Energy Could be Growing in Strength

D-briefBy Chelsea GohdJan 31, 2019 4:17 PM
Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Florence/G.Risaliti & E.Lusso
An illustration of quasars stretching farther and farther away from Earth. In one new study, researchers have found evidence to support the idea that dark energy may be growing with time. (Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Florence/G.Risaliti & E.Lusso)

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Dark Energy

Dark energy, the mysterious and hypothetical force that scientists think is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate, may actually be growing over time, according to one new study.

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