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Deep orange clouds of gas and dust swirl diagonally across the image. At center, bright stars give the region a purple hue. In the background is the black backdrop of space, dotted with bright stars and galaxies. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris- Saclay), G. Anselmi; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard License

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Deep orange clouds of gas and dust swirl diagonally across the image. At center, bright stars give the region a purple hue. In the background is the black backdrop of space, dotted with bright stars and galaxies. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris- Saclay), G. Anselmi; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard License
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“The universe is expanding, and faster now than it did in the past. Scientists don't know why, but the leading explanation is that the universe contains something that has a repulsive gravitational effect - it pushes the universe apart instead of pulling it back together. This phenomenon is called dark energy.”
- NASA, image by the Euclid European #Space Agency telescope ✨

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