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Dark energy
Unknown component, about 68 per cent of the universe's energy, that speeds up its expansion.
Concept
Identifiers
Wikidata Q18343
Appears in
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History of the Universe
2 items
Expansion starts to accelerate
c. 6 Ga
Accelerating expansion discovered
1998
The Far Future
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The universe is twice its present age
13.8 Ga AP
Sources
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Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
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Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae
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Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters