For astronomers, the challenge of mapping the Universe has been similar to mapping a city from night-time aerial snapshots showing only streetlights. These pick out a few interesting neighbourhoods, ...

It has been over two decades since the discovery of dark energy. Scientists have therefore had more than 20 years to decode the secrets of this invisible substance that appears to be pulling the ...

The most detailed 3D map of the universe is now being developed by DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument). This giant space research instrument is currently stationed in the Nicholas U. Mayall ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A diagram-type image representing stellar shells and tidal streams in haloes of nearby galaxies. ...

The Curiosity rover's Mars landing has everyone paying attention to the cosmos. Which means there's no better time for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III to release its latest collection of space ...

You’re floating in space, just above the Earth. The International Space Station is an arm’s length away. You twist your head around only to see the moon, a tiny circle, far off in the distance. You ...

This is one big map. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A modified telescope in Arizona has produced an interim map, which is ...

Astronomers have mapped the universe's quasars in unprecedented detail thanks to a ream of accidental observations from the Gaia observatory. The new "3D catalog" is expected to offer researchers ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (or DESI for short) has created the largest 3D map of the universe we've ever seen. DESI created the map over the course of seven months. Each month, DESI ...

Scientists have proposed new instruments that would use spectroscopy to decode dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation. Telescope images can tell us a whole lot about celestial objects: where ...

Why it matters: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have created the largest 3D map of the universe, with a precision of 1 percent. But what they discovered is startling in its implications and raises ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is responsible for the new map. DESI was installed on the Mayall telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in the Sonoran Desert and aims to ...