Dark energy measured with record-breaking map of 1.2M galaxies

Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 11:01 in Astronomy & Space

A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies. The team constructed this map to make one of the most precise measurements yet of the dark energy currently driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe. “We have spent five years collecting measurements of 1.2 million […]

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