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Study: Early dark energy could resolve cosmology’s two biggest puzzles

In the universe’s first billion years, this brief and mysterious force could have produced more bright galaxies than theory predicts.

Early dark energy could have triggered the formation of numerous bright galaxies, very early in the universe, a new study finds. The mysterious unknown force could have caused early seeds of galaxies (depicted at left) to sprout many more bright galaxies (at right) than theory predicts.
Early dark energy could have triggered the formation of numerous bright galaxies, very early in the universe, a new study finds. The mysterious unknown force could have caused early seeds of galaxies (depicted at left) to sprout many more bright galaxies (at right) than theory predicts.
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Friday, September 13, 2024
By Jennifer Chu | MIT News