Dark energy search gets murkier
Supernova measurements muddle scientists’ efforts to explain universe’s accelerating expansion
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LOOKING DARKER Using supernova measurements from the Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on Maui, researchers calculated a cosmological parameter related to dark energy. If verified, the findings could force cosmologists to develop a new explanation for this energy, which pushes the universe apart.
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