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[โ€“] xionzui@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Iโ€™m no expert, and I donโ€™t think we know for sure, but it sounds like it might be related to the increase in vacuum energy from the added space. Itโ€™s also possible the total amount of net energy in the universe is 0 and conserved