Dark energy: Q&A with Steve Kuhlmann
Why do we care about dark energy in the first place?
Astronomy
Sep 18, 2012
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Berkeley Lab sensors enable first light for the dark energy camera
Early in the morning of September 12 the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the Victor Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, recorded its first images of a southern sky spangled with ...
Astronomy
Sep 17, 2012
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World's most powerful digital camera opens eye, records first images in hunt for dark energy
(Phys.org)—Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed Dark Energy ...
Astronomy
Sep 17, 2012
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Americans worry about water use in energy production, survey says
Many Americans are concerned about the amount of water being used in energy production as much of the country continues to struggle with drought, according to a new survey.
Environment
Aug 27, 2012
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WiggleZ survey confirms the big picture of the Universe
(Phys.org) -- We know that stars group together to form galaxies, galaxies clump to make clusters and clusters gather to create structures known as superclusters. At what scale though, if at all, does this Russian doll-like ...
Astronomy
Aug 21, 2012
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Astronomers release the largest ever 3-D map of the sky
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes ever created. The new map pinpoints the locations and distances of over a million galaxies. ...
Astronomy
Aug 8, 2012
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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope approved to advance to final design stage
(Phys.org) -- The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) just received another boost. The National Science Foundation announced that it has received the go-ahead from the National Science Board to advance the giant telescope ...
Astronomy
Jul 19, 2012
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Has the speediest pulsar been found?
(Phys.org) -- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton in space, and the Parkes radio telescope in Australia -- may have found the fastest moving pulsar ever seen.
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2012
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Multiple mergers generate ultraluminous infrared galaxy
A team of astronomers led by Professor Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Ehime University) has concluded that the ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) Arp 220 developed from a multiple merger among four or more galaxies. Their new imaging ...
Astronomy
Jun 22, 2012
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Clearest picture yet of dark matter points the way to better understanding of dark energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two teams of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have independently made the largest direct measurements of the invisible scaffolding ...
General Physics
Jan 9, 2012
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