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Warped Perspectives: Discovery of Six New Strong Gravitational Lenses
The Dark Energy Survey has discovered six new ‘strong gravitational lenses’, extreme examples of Albert Einstein’s space-warping Theory of General … Read more »
Even Supernovae Need a Matchmaker
Dark Energy Survey scientists have developed a new algorithm to match Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) to their host galaxies. … Read more »
A Newly Discovered Superluminous Supernova
In this paper we present DES14X3taz, a newly discovered superluminous supernova (SLSN). This particular SLSN is very unusual – if … Read more »
Connecting the past and present cosmic epochs with gravitational lensing
Gravitational Lensing is a tool used by astronomers to study massive structures in the Universe, including galaxies and galaxy clusters, … Read more »
Exploring the distribution of dark and visible matter with gravitational lensing
We can study the large scale structures of matter that form in the Universe from the distribution of the galaxies … Read more »
How fast are the stars moving in the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, Reticulum II?
Paper: Stellar Kinematics and Metallicities in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II Many large groups of stars, such as the … Read more »
Gravitational lensing by galaxies is responsible for some distortions in Cosmic Microwave Background light
Visible and dark matter in the universe, often concentrated in galaxies, causes gravitational lensing of light. In this paper, we find … Read more »
Weak gravitational lensing reveals empty regions of space
Structures in the Universe exist in the form of both overdense regions, like galaxies or clusters of galaxies, and underdense … Read more »
The software pipeline that finds exploding stars
There are lights flickering on and off across the universe. Cepheid Variable stars, gamma ray bursts and exploding stars are … Read more »
Four massive galaxy clusters explored in DES data
This paper summarizes studies of the mass and galaxy distribution in and around four massive galaxy clusters. It is the … Read more »
