‘Time Machine’ With 5,000 Robotic Eyes to Explore Dark Energy
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light of 35 million galaxies. A…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light of 35 million galaxies. A…
Two University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers have identified and corrected a subtle error that was made when applying Einstein’s equations to model the growth…
A team of physicists and computer scientists at ETH Zurich has developed a new approach to the problem of dark matter and dark energy in…
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An experiment to test a popular theory of dark energy has found no evidence of new forces, placing strong constraints on related theories. Dark energy…
A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton suggests that dark energy may have varied over cosmic time. This artist’s…
At a special session held during the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, D.C., scientists on the Dark Energy Survey (DES) announced today the public…
When scientists recorded a rippling in space-time, followed within two seconds by an associated burst of light observed by dozens of telescopes around the globe,…
Different methods of studying cosmic expansion yield slightly different results, including for the age of the universe. In a new study, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian…
New results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) reveal the most accurate measurement of dark matter structure in the universe, and support the view that…
A new study details the results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies. The map is one of the most precise measurements yet of…
Researchers are using a large sample of galaxy cluster to investigate dark energy, showing that dark energy has not changed over billions of years. Astronomers…
Astronomers hope that by studying the properties of galaxy clusters at different stages in the history of the Universe they can shed light on the…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has archived it second major milestone, approval of Critical Decision 2 (CD–2) authorizing the project’s scientific scope, schedule, and funding…
A team of physicists reproduced the low-density conditions of space to precisely measure dark energy, helping to reveal how strongly dark energy interacts with normal…
The Dark Energy Survey has discovered 17 dwarf galaxy candidates in the past six months, leaving scientists to believe that there could be many more…
Scientists have created the largest single high-definition map of dark matter, helping researchers understand the role that dark matter plays in galaxy formation. Scientists on…
Astronomers used data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer to analyze several sites where dead stars once exploded, revealing that the Type Ia supernovae affiliated with…