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Check out DEScientist @isskywalker's recent @astrobites about the Y1 cosmology release https://t.co/dlXCeytJuQ

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Ontem a noite o quinto ano de observações do DES começou!

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Last night's observations officially kicked off DES Y5! How do observations made in Chile get transformed into data? https://t.co/K7QzJmOO43

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3 kitchen clocks: set to UK, @Fermilab, and @cerrotololo timezones. Very useful when emailing the @theDESurvey Y5 o… https://t.co/c45kQYfxXy

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While observing, Orion was so clear! Then, my eyes adapted and it was hard to find amongst so many stars! #dest4td… https://t.co/lW3rDRxtEk

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Want to learn more about the DES Y1 cosmology results, but don't want to read through all the papers? Then check out DEScientist Gourav Khullar's (@isskywalker) recent Astrobites summary about the Y1 cosmology release: astrobites.org/2017/08/14/cosmology-results-from-the-dark-energy-survey/ #DESY1Cosmo ... See MoreSee Less

Cosmology Results from The Dark Energy Survey!

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Today’s paper constrains cosmological parameters from one of the largest ground-based astrophysical surveys ever undertaken – DES. An insight into their first-year’s data analysis…

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4 days ago

Observations last night officially kicked off DES Year 5! How do observations made in Chile get transformed into data for our DEScientists around the world? www.darkenergysurvey.org/the-des-project/survey-and-operations/ ... See MoreSee Less

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3 kitchen clocks: set to UK, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) timezones. Very useful when emailing the DES Y5 observers over breakfast. #DEST4TD -- Kathy Romer (@kathy_romer, University of Sussex) ... See MoreSee Less

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5 days ago

My first night at the observatory, I walked outside and was amazed at how clear Orion was. As my eyes adapted to the dark, something more amazing happened: I had trouble finding Orion amongst so many stars. And to think, DECam finds even more objects than that in the sky! #dest4td

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(Keen observers from the Northern Hemisphere may notice that Orion looks a bit different in this image from Chile! We're used to seeing the 'belt' be above the Orion Nebula.)

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6 days ago

Watch Daniel Gruen's full presentation of the exciting DES Year 1 Cosmology Results from August 3rd:

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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results

Daniel Gruen discusses the DES Y1 Cosmology Results at the APS Division of Particles & Fields meeting at Fermilab on Thursday 3rd August. For more informatio...

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Cosmology Results from The Dark Energy Survey!

August 14, 2017 12:00 am

With CMB telescopes vastly expanding our understanding of the early universe the past two decades, it was only a matter of time before we gained the capability to perform a census of the millions of galaxies at our disposal today using ground based telescopes. This is a very important step: studying today’s galaxies tells us whether the universe evolved after the CMB the way we think it did. Today’s bite is not just about thanking the early universe for being kind in its evolution, but also an ode to the 400+ scientists working over the last two decades to bring this census to fruition!

Dark Energy Survey reveals most accurate measurement of dark matter structure in the universe

August 8, 2017 12:00 pm

Imagine planting a single seed and, with great precision, being able to predict the exact height of the tree that grows from it. Now imagine traveling to the future and snapping photographic proof that you were right. If you think of the seed as the early universe, and the tree as the universe the way it looks now, you have an idea of what the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration has just done. In a presentation today at the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields meeting at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, DES scientists will unveil the most accurate measurement ever made of the present large-scale structure of the universe.

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results VIDEO

August 8, 2017 11:59 am

On Thurs., Aug. 3, 2017, Daniel Gruen delivered a talk on the Year 1 results at the APS Division of Particles & Fields meeting at Fermilab.

DES Year 1 Cosmology Results: Papers

August 8, 2017 11:30 am

This page serves as the portal for a series of 10 papers on and in support of the DES cosmology results from the first year (Y1) of the survey, which were released on Aug. 3, 2017. For each paper, clicking on ‘Link’ will take you to the arXiv, where the pdfs can be accessed. On Thurs., Aug. 3, 2017, Daniel Gruen delivered a talk on these results at the APS Division of Particles & Fields meeting at Fermilab. A video of this talk as well as the slides can be accessed via the page link.

Dark Energy Survey: Most Accurate Map of Recent Universe Unveiled by Scientists

August 8, 2017 11:29 am

A new map of the universe has been unveiled by scientists, revealing the last seven billion years of the history of the cosmos. The results of the Dark Energy Survey show how dark matter is distributed across the galaxy. Until now, scientists used models to show where it fell. These models are largely based the Standard Model of particle physics, the incomplete theory that best explains how matter across the universe interacts.