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Age, Geometry & Composition of the Universe: Physical Mechanisms

Modern cosmology constrains the universe's age, large-scale geometry, and energy composition by combining expansion data, cosmic microwave background measurements, supernovae, clustering, and other probes. These parameters set the timeline for galaxies and stars, calibrate structure-growth predictions, and provide targets for tests of dark matter, dark energy, and new physics.

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Matter slows expansion gravitationally, radiation dominated earlier epochs, and dark energy drives late-time acceleration in the standard model.