With the whir of a giant digital camera, the biggest mystery in the universe is about to become a bit less mysterious.
Fifteen years ago, the world of science was rocked by the discovery that, contrary to our previous notions of gravity gradually slowing the expansion of the universe after the big bang, distant galaxies instead appeared to be flying apart at an ever-accelerating rate.
The observation implied that space itself was stretching apart faster and faster.
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