space medium MCQ

Dark energy is hypothesized to be responsible for which phenomenon?

  1. Galaxy rotation curves
  2. Accelerating expansion of the universe
  3. Cosmic microwave background
  4. Stellar nucleosynthesis

Answer: Accelerating expansion of the universe

Dark energy constitutes ~68% of the universe's energy content and drives the observed acceleration in cosmic expansion, opposing gravitational attraction.

Topic Astronomy - Universe
Exam Relevance SSC CGL, UPSC Prelims