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DESI completes largest high-resolution 3D map of universe to date
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than 47 million galaxies and quasars, and will continue observations into 2028 and further expand the map.
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New 3D map of Universe could solve dark energy mystery
“Some people have been working on this for decades, so it’s just amazing to see it come to completion,” DESI co-spokesperson Alexie Leauthaud of the University of California, Santa Cruz, told Ars. “Anyone who does science knows that you rarely achieve more than you proposed you would. And you never achieve more on time. DESI…
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From Space to Soil, Alexie Leauthaud Bridges Cosmology and Environmentalism
UC Santa Cruz astronomer Alexie Leauthaud is bringing her cosmology expertise to climate action through Seed Spoon Science, a community-based gardening program focused on environmental justice and sustainability.
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DESI collaboration to receive 2026 Berkeley Prize from AAS
The American Astronomical Society award recognizes the potentially paradigm-shifting work of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration
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Innovative and artful rainwater harvesting nourishes gardens and hope
UC Santa Cruz cosmologist leads widely interdisciplinary project funded by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience to turn urban runoff into low-cost irrigation
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Long-accepted theory explaining the nature of our universe may need updating, new analysis indicates
New results from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument hint that the influence of mysterious force driving universe’s accelerating expansion may change over time