Which of these cosmological problems is "dark energy" believed to solve?
A) Why is the universe's expansion accelerating?
B) Why did the universe suddenly inflate during the Big Bang?
C) Why is the temperature of the cosmic background radiation so smooth (isotropic) around the sky?
D) Why is the night sky dark?
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