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Our Universe was once ruled by radiation and matter, but those densities eventually dilute. Would spatial curvature appear? Even if so, dark energy now flattens the Universe once again

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/dark-energy-curve-universe-time/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

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Ask Ethan: Does dark energy curve the Universe over time?

Early on, the Universe needed near-perfect flatness, or atoms, stars, and galaxies couldn't form. What happens once dark energy takes over?

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