DESI maps more galaxies than all previous surveys combined

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:43:39 GMT
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Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has cataloged more...

Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has cataloged more galaxies than all other previous three-dimensional redshift surveys combined, measuring 7.5 million galaxies in only seven months since beginning science operations. The US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory leads DESI, which is installed at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of NSF's NOIRLab, on