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Also, check out our youtube channel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXpLK14yoQDtL1AgBL1ze5Q\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought Dark Energy couldn&#8217;t get any stranger, new measurements of the history of the expansion of the universe show an era well after the big bang and inflation but long, long ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/walkaboutthegalaxy\/2019\/05\/there-are-dark-forces-at-work-in-the-universe\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There are Dark Forces at Work in the 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