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The Universe's Expansion and Dark Energy
The chapter explores the interplay between gravity and the expanding universe, discussing how gravity influences the expansion process, potentially slowing it down. It delves into the measurement of the universe's expansion history using distant supernovae and the discovery that the expansion is accelerating due to dark energy. The concept of dark energy, cosmological constants, and the puzzle of the universe's accelerating expansion are also discussed in detail.