Physicists Open New Window Into Dark Energy
For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance our understanding of dark energy….
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New Breakthrough Towards Understanding Dark Energy
The extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) collaboration has released its latest scientific results. These results include two studies on dark energy led by Prof….
New Model Raises Doubt About the Composition of 70% of Our Universe – Dark Energy May Simply Not Exist!
Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy, a substance that makes it possible for…
Science Made Simple: What is Cosmic Acceleration and Dark Energy?
The universe is expanding, and it expands a little faster all the time. Scientists call the speeding up of this expansion cosmic acceleration. This growth…
Giant 2D Atlas of the Universe Created – Helps Dark Energy Spectroscopic Survey
The Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) team of National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and their collaborators of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument…
Shining a New Light on Dark Energy: DES Releases Catalog of 700 Million Objects
The Dark Energy Survey has released a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of work. Containing data on nearly…
HETDEX Dark Energy Experiment Begins Full Operations
Three years after its initial test observations, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is now training its full suite of instrumentation to reveal the…
A Hint of New Physics Observed in Polarized Radiation From the Early Universe
Using Planck data from the cosmic microwave background radiation, an international team of researchers has observed a hint of new physics. The team developed a…
Extreme-Horizon: Understanding the “Dark” Universe and Primordial Galaxy Formation
The Extreme-Horizon collaboration run by teams at the CEA, CNRS, Sorbonne Université and Université Paris-Saclay has produced a completely new simulation of the evolution of…
Dark Energy: Map Gives Clue About What It Is – But Deepens Cosmic Expansion Rate Dispute
Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the…
Scientists Precisely Measure Total Amount of Matter & Dark Energy in the Entire Universe
UC Riverside-led team’s technique relied on determining the mass of galaxy clusters. A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of…
Researchers Predict Mysterious Dark Energy Is Located in Vast Sea of GEODEs Between Galaxies
Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, but the physics of this expansion remains a mystery. Now, a…
Insight Into Dark Energy From Spectacular Ultraviolet Flash – May Finally Explain How White Dwarfs Explode and the Creation of Iron
For just the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion. An extremely rare type…
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Now Complete, Poised to Begin Its Search
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, which will map millions of galaxies in 3D, reaches final milestone toward its startup. Even as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic…
Most Precise Tests of Dark Energy and Cosmic Expansion Yet Confirm the Model of a Spatially Flat Universe
A new paper has shown how large structures in the distribution of galaxies in the Universe provide the most precise tests of dark energy and…
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Prepares for Restart After Unexpected Shutdown
Before COVID-19 hit U.S., project was on track to begin its 3D map of the universe this summer. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), installed…
Fundamental Principle of Cosmology Cast in Doubt by Compelling New Study
Study by the Universities of Bonn and Harvard raises doubts about basic assumption for the universe. No matter where we look, the same rules apply…
Building a 3D Map of the Universe to Uncover the Mysteries of Dark Energy
One of the biggest mysteries in science began with a dying star. It wasn’t any particular dying star so much as the idea of one….
