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Patchy solutions

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The Universe seems to be expanding ever faster — a phenomenon generally ascribed to the influence of 'dark energy'. But might the observed acceleration be a trick of the light in an inhomogeneous Universe?

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Figure 1: Averaging the Universe.

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