How is dark energy related to the theory of the Big Bang?(1 point)

Responses

It causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
It causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate.

It causes the universe to expand.
It causes the universe to expand.

It seeded the formation of galaxies and star clusters.
It seeded the formation of galaxies and star clusters.

It causes the spinning of galaxies.

1 answer

The correct response is:

It causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate.

Dark energy is a mysterious form of energy that is thought to be responsible for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe, which was discovered in the late 1990s through observations of distant supernovae.