With nicknames such as Gilgamesh, Aphrodite, and Athena–as well as Elvis–10 recently discovered supernovas are something special. Indeed, these supernovas provide what appears to be proof of one of the weirdest properties of the universe: Something is pushing objects in the cosmos apart at an ever-faster rate.
Adam G.
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