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First light for BOSS -- a new kind of search for dark energy

BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is the most ambitious attempt yet to map the expansion history of the Universe using the technique known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO). A part of the Sloan Digital ...

Astronomy

Oct 1, 2009

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Colors of Quasars Reveal a Dusty Universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- The vast expanses of intergalactic space appear to be filled with a haze of tiny, smoke-like "dust" particles that dim the light from distant objects and subtly change their colors, according to a team of ...

Astronomy

Feb 26, 2009

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