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Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever

ScienceDailyTuesday, August 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM

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Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever
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Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a spectacular comeback when astronomers discovered that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. It now sits at the heart of our best cosmological model—a model that works extraordinarily well, yet may still be wrong.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a spectacular comeback when astronomers discovered that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. It now sits at the heart of our best cosmological model—a model that works extraordinarily well, yet may still be wrong.

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Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a spectacular comeback when astronomers discovered that the universe’s expansion is accelerating. It now sits at the heart of our best cosmological model—a model that works extraordinarily well, yet may still be wrong.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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