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.
Kyle Dawson
New effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’
Largest 3-D map of the universe ever created
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
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.