I have a couple questions maybe Cavediver can answer.
1. If the observations of accelerating expansion are correct is this because the expansion has moved galaxies or clusters of galaxies far enough apart that their mutual gravitational attraction is counteracting some expansion force of the Universe to a lesser and lesser degree?
2. Was the inflation period/event the Big Bang or something that happened after the Bang? And is the expansion we observe today an after-effect of inflation, kind of like "coasting"?
thanks
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