Universe's expansion is still accelerating, but dark energy remains a mystery

A major new scientific analysis refutes recent claims that the universe's expansion is slowing, concluding that evidence for continued cosmic acceleration remains robust. Dark energy retains its leading role as the explanation for this acceleration, but researchers are no closer to understanding what it actually is. The findings leave one of cosmology's biggest mysteries unresolved.

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