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Robert Lea

Unknown physics may help dark energy act as 'antigravity' throughout the universe

An illustration shows a figurative representation of the cosmic web breaking apart in later eras of the cosmos.

Dark energy could have an accomplice that helps it slow the growth of large cosmic structures, such as vast superclusters made up of clusters of galaxies.

A new analysis of astronomical data suggests unknown physics is at work assisting dark energy in acting almost as "antigravity," undoing the work of gravity, which clumps together matter to build vast structures.

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