In 2024, DESI researchers used the data in DR1 to create the largest 3D map of our universe to date and make world-leading measurements of dark energy. "The DESI project has maintained the pace of ...

In 2024, DESI researchers used the data in DR1 to create the largest 3D map of our universe to date and make world-leading measurements of dark energy. “The DESI project has maintained the pace ...

A slice of the 3D map of galaxies collected in the first year of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Survey. Earth is at the tip, with the furthest galaxies plotted at distances of 11 ...

New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration use the largest 3D map of our universe ever made to track dark energy's influence over the past 11 billion years.

But in April, the documented galactic census exploded to six million, thanks to the biggest-ever 3D map of the universe, produced by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), an experiment ...

DESI maps distant objects to study dark energy. The instrument is installed on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, shown here beneath star trails. (Credit: KPNO ...

The largest-ever three-dimensional map of the cosmos, plotting out some 15 million celestial objects, could help reveal the ultimate fate of the universe. Astrophysicists know that the universe is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It has been over two decades since the discovery of dark energy. Scientists have therefore ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project has released a 270TB dataset mapping 13.1 million galaxies and 1.6 million quasars. The map covers more than 14,000 square degrees of sky – ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Physicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious “dark” energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may ...

DESI maps distant objects to study dark energy. The instrument is installed on the Mayall Telescope, shown here beneath star trails. The fate of the universe hinges on the balance between matter ...