Seems like TFA is slightly misleading though. They didn't confirm DARK ENERGY, they provided a bunch of data that confirms the universe is expanding AS EXPECTED PER CURRENT THEORY (and current theory uses dark energy to explain).
It isn't like they built a dark energy detector and said "Wow, the readings are off the charts!"
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Seems like TFA is slightly misleading though. They didn't confirm DARK ENERGY, they provided a bunch of data that confirms the universe is expanding AS EXPECTED PER CURRENT THEORY (and current theory uses dark energy to explain). It isn't like they built a dark energy detector and said "Wow, the readings are off the charts!"