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No, dark matter is quite different. There are a number of different lines of evidence for dark matter. One of these is sort of similar to dark energy, in that it is needed to explain the slower-than-expected expansion of the universe at early times. But the most compelling line of evidence for dark matter (IMO) is baryon acoustic oscillations in the CMB.



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