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Title: Why were Type I supernovae so critical in discovering the dark energy? Post by: ppk on Dec 22, 2011 Why were Type I supernovae so critical in discovering the dark energy?
Title: Re: Why were Type I supernovae so critical in discovering the dark energy? Post by: star on Jan 8, 2012 These brilliant explosions are consistent standard candles, visible out to billions of light years. Instead of finding the most distant galaxies slowing down as expected in a closed universe, the supernovae were even more distant than expected, as dark energy kept the universe forever expanding.
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