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Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up' (ras.ac.uk)

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[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

The correcting of "standard candles" is a huge deal, but only to astronomy nerds. I never particularly liked the accelerated expansion of the universe and the required exotic explanations for it, but until now I was like :cant-prove-it:

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