2008.11.30

Dark Forces at Work

Ten years ago two teams discovered that the universe will expand forever at an ever faster rate, thanks to an unseen energy. The leader of one of the groups, Saul Perlmutter, expects that new observations will soon illuminate the universe's dark side

NASA/CXC/RUTGERS/J. WARREN AND J. HUGHES ET AL.

NASA/CXC/RUTGERS/J. WARREN AND J. HUGHES ET AL.

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