Scientists have embarked on a quest to map one-eighth of the - TopicsExpress



          

Scientists have embarked on a quest to map one-eighth of the entire sky looking for clues about dark energy, the mysterious force believed to be responsible for the ever-accelerating expansion of the universe. The five-year Dark Energy Survey (DES for short) officially began after sunset on Aug. 31, 2013. Its main instrument is the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in the Andes Mountains in Chile. space/22636-dark-energy-search-begins.html?cmpid=545393
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:37:44 +0000

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