Astronomers have found new evidence for one of the strangest properties of the universe. A mysterious substance, dubbed dark energy, appears to be ripping the cosmos apart, causing the universe to expand at an ever-faster rate.
DARK FINGERPRINT. Some of the color differences in this temperature map of the cosmic microwave background, researchers say, result from a mysterious substance called dark energy.
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