Is dark energy a fudge factor?

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Sep 8, 202655:18Science & Medicine

Daniel and Kelly talk about whether physicists are trying to understand the expansion of the Universe, or pull the cosmic wool over everyone's eyes. Also, horse milk comes up.

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