A 3-D sky-mapping project that will measure the light of 35 million cosmic objects has received formal approval from the Department of Energy to move forward with construction. Installation of the ...
A record-breaking 3D map of the universe is now complete, giving scientists a new way to study dark energy. The massive ...
DESI will analyze light collected by the four-meter Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. KPNO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / B. Tafreshi An ambitious new sky survey is ...
A group of galaxies nicknamed the Copeland Septet, in the constellation of Leo. Astronomers using images from Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory have created ...
The universe is big, and it’s getting bigger. To study dark energy, the mysterious force behind the accelerating expansion of our universe, scientists are using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...
The telescope on the left is where the Dark Energy Cam (DECam) is mounted, surveying the skies as part of the DESI project. Credit: NOIRLab, National Science Foundation One of the mysteries of the ...