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95% of the universe is invisible, and is made up of dark matter and dark energy.

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https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-space-universe

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The article seems to be a bit off with the numbers, The article states that 70% of the universe is dark energy, however, it does seem like the actual number is 68% as you can see here

https://home.cern/science/physics/dark-matter#:~:text=Dark%20energy%20makes%20up%20approximately,diluted%20as%20the%20universe%20expands.

So, I believe they just rounded up, but it's still mostly correct. I don't know where you got the 95% from, but both are exaggerated numbers compared to the truth.
Exaggerated/ Misleading

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