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Meanings of expansion of the universe in English

Russian
расширение вселенной
Portuguese
expansão métrica do espaço
Spanish
expansión métrica del universo
Catalan
expansió de l'univers
Wikidata

Increase in distance between parts of the universe over time.

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расширение вселенной
Usage of expansion of the universe in English
1
Dark energy, whose nature is entirely mysterious, is accelerating the expansion of the universe.
The Irish Times
2
Evidence shows that dark energy is not being created in the expansion of the universe.
Wired
3
It creates a repulsive "pressure" that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.
Analog sff, december 2009
4
God was as real as the gravity on Jupiter or the expansion of the universe.
Demon: a memoir
5
This suggested that the expansion of the universe was not slowing down as expected, but accelerating.
The Guardian
6
Because the expansion of the universe is accelerating, ancient galaxies are hurtling away from us at enormous speed.
The Guardian
7
The physics prize went to a group that showed the expansion of the universe was accelerating, not slowing as assumed.
Reuters
8
Maybe even the accelerating expansion of the universe, another current conundrum of physics, can be explained in such a theory.
The Guardian
9
Riess shared the 2011 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery that the expansion of the universe was speeding up.
The Guardian
10
The rest is an even more enigmatic "dark energy" believed to be driving the expansion of the universe.
Reuters
11
Its effects came to light only in 1998 when two independent studies showed that the expansion of the universe was accelerating.
The Guardian
12
And it has nothing much to say about the 'Dark Energy' to which we ascribe the accelerating expansion of the universe.
The Guardian
13
It also housed a new astrolab, which studied advanced questions in physics, including quantification of the rate of expansion of the universe.
First contact: or, it's later than you think
14
Anton was eerily reminded of the standard depiction of the expansion of the universe: objects didn't spread through space; rather, space itself expanded.
Cauldron of Ghosts
15
The "astounding" discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize today for three astronomers.
The Irish Times
16
To further complicate things, other recent observations indicate that the rate of expansion of the universe is actually not slowing down but speeding up.
A briefer history of time