NOIRLab noirlab2118: Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution — First three years of survey data uses observations of 226 million galaxies over ⅛ of the sky. In 29 new scientific papers, the Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe. The extraordinarily precise analysis, which includes data from the survey’s first three years, ...

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Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution — First three years of survey data uses observations of 226 million galaxies over ⅛ of the sky
27 May 2021 — NOIRLab Science Release noirlab2118

In 29 new scientific papers, the Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe. The extraordinarily precise analysis, which includes data from the survey’s first three years, contributes to the most powerful test of the current best model of the Universe, the standard cosmological model. However, hints remain from earlier DES data and other experiments that matter in the Universe today is a few percent less clumpy than predicted.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2118/

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27 May 2021




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