Three cosmologists have Shared a Nobel prize in physics for their discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

因为发现宇宙膨胀加速现象，三位研究宇宙的科学家被授予诺贝尔物理学奖。

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Just because dark energy is the leading explanation for the accelerating universe, it doesn't mean anyone actually understands what it is.

虽然暗能量导致宇宙加速碰撞，这并不意味着人们的确知道暗能量是什么。

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They have studied several dozen exploding stars, called supernovae, and discovered that the Universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate.

他们研究了几十颗爆炸星(也被称为超新星)发现，宇宙的膨胀速度正在不断加快。

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Riess shared this year's prize with with fellow American Saul Perlmutter and the Australian Brian Schmidt for the discovery, back in 1998, that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating.

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The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.

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The explanation for this may lie in the enigmatic "dark energy" that scientists know so little about but which is said to be accelerating the expansion of the Universe.

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