50 years ago it was “self-evident” that the universe was dominated by matter. all agreed that the universe’s expansion rate should slow. The surprise was therefore total when the observational data instead seemed to indicate that the universe is accelerating i.e. increases its rate of expansion - as if the cosmos recently moved its foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator.

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