SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 11, 2026Nautilus

When We Learned Our Universe Is Speeding Up

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Nearly three decades ago, two scientific teams studying distant supernovae made a shocking discovery that revolutionized cosmology when they found these stellar explosions appeared dimmer than expected, indicating the universe's expansion is actually accelerating rather than slowing down. Scientists now attribute this phenomenon to mysterious "dark energy," which comprises roughly 70 percent of the universe.

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