What Evidence Supports an Acceleration in the Expansion Rate of the Universe

question 43

Multiple Choice

What evidence supports an acceleration in the expansion rate of the universe?

• A) the discovery of super massive black holes at the center of quasars
• B) the discovery that type Ia supernova in distant galaxies are 25 percent fainter than expected.
• C) the discovery of MACHOs
• D) the discovery of the grand unified theory
• E) none of the above

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