How the early universe developed 'lumpy clumps of matter'
Ever feel like the universe is just a big carton of old milk? Well, you may be correct.
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Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) starts 5-year survey
A five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of "dark energy" is beginning officially today, May 17, at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. To complete its quest, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...
Astronomy
May 17, 2021
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Final data release from DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys issued
Astronomers using images from Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory have created the largest ever map of the sky, comprising over a billion galaxies. The ninth and final data release from ...
Astronomy
Jan 14, 2021
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DESI team prepares for telescope instrument's restart after unexpected shutdown
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), installed on an Arizona mountaintop, was quickly moving through its testing stages and making headway toward the start of its 5-year observing run as project participants from ...
Astronomy
May 22, 2020
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Protected: DESI's 5000 eyes open as Kitt Peak Telescope prepares to map space and time
A new instrument on the 4-m Mayall telescope has opened its array of thousands of fiber-optic "eyes" to the cosmos and successfully captured the light from distant galaxies. The milestone marks the beginning of final testing ...
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2019
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3 sky surveys completed in preparation for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
It took three sky surveys—conducted at telescopes in two continents, covering one-third of the visible sky, and requiring almost 1,000 observing nights—to prepare for a new project that will create the largest 3-D map ...
Astronomy
Jul 9, 2019
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Video: The making of the largest 3-D map of the universe
DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, will mobilize 5,000 swiveling robots – each one pointing a thin strand of fiber-optic cable – to gather the light from about 35 million galaxies.
Astronomy
Apr 15, 2019
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Key components of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument are installed atop the Mayall Telescope
Key components for the sky-mapping Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), weighing about 12 tons, were hoisted atop the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) near Tucson, Arizona, and bolted into ...
Astronomy
Dec 5, 2018
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Mapping the universe in 3-D
In 1998, scientists discovered that the universe's expansion is accelerating. Physicists don't know how or why the universe is accelerating outward, but they gave the mysterious force behind this phenomenon a name: dark energy.
Astronomy
Aug 15, 2018
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Novel technique allows scientists to look deep into rocky planets in the lab
A pilot study opens a new path to analysing the interior of rocky planets in the lab. The research team, led by the University of Edinburgh and including scientists from DESY, has created high pressures and temperatures like ...
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Sep 2, 2015
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