Kyle Dawson

New effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’

Lisa Potter
research communications, University of Utah Communications
May 25, 2021

The international collaboration that includes the University of Utah aims to construct a 3-D map of the universe in more detail than ever before.

A bowtie-shaped spectral of lights representing the universe. The center is bright green, then radiates the hot pink, magenta, yellow, and then white and finally gray.

Largest 3-D map of the universe ever created

Adapted from a release by Jordan Raddick
SDSS public information officer
July 20, 2020

The results are measurements of more than 2 million galaxies and quasars covering 11 billion years of cosmic time.

Capturing the colors of the cosmos

Lisa Potter
science writer, University of Utah Communications
October 31, 2019

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is a new robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” designed to explore the mystery of dark energy, which makes up about 68% of the universe and is speeding up its expansion.