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Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
This year’s major advance comes from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) in Chile and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) in Arizona.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Over the past year, massive surveys of galaxies by both the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) have revealed that dark energy — the mysterious force that's accelerating the expansion of the universe — might be changing with time.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 July 2025
For instance, the app uses a symmetric encryption scheme known as 3DES or triple DES.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
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Astronomers combine these measurements with other dark energy and matter distribution studies, including the Dark Energy Survey (DES) measurements of distant supernovae and maps of the cosmic microwave background light left over from the dawn of the universe.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
This year’s major advance comes from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) in Chile and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) in Arizona.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Over the past year, massive surveys of galaxies by both the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) have revealed that dark energy — the mysterious force that's accelerating the expansion of the universe — might be changing with time.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 July 2025
For instance, the app uses a symmetric encryption scheme known as 3DES or triple DES.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
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