Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists further hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought.
Astronomers know that the universe is expanding — and not just expanding, but doing so at a faster and faster rate. For decades, they’ve puzzled over what could possibly be speeding everything up. Their mathematical model describing how the universe behaves could explain it well if there were a powerful, constant force at play — but they didn’t know the nature of this force or where it came from, so they called it dark energy. AP
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Boston was left reeling as a massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States on Monday, forcing people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
The storm hit the metropolitan northeast as accumulations from an earlier snowfall had just melted away — except for gray mountainous piles in parking lots and along the side of roads. Officials declared emergencies from Delaware to Massachusetts, and hundreds of thousands of people grappled with power failure from downed electrical lines.
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An intensifying blizzard is hammering the northeast part of the United States — burying neighborhoods in snow, whipping up dangerous winds and locking millions indoors under travel bans.
The National Weather Service called travel conditions “nearly impossible.” And the New York Mayor issued a ban on non-emergency travel on all streets through noon Monday because of “dangerous blizzard conditions.” AP
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