The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, driven by a mysterious force called dark energy.
Why it is true
Discovered in the late twentieth century, dark energy makes up about sixty-eight percent of the universe and acts as a kind of negative pressure that pushes galaxies apart from each other.
Source: Cosmology
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