K. Miller/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
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When we think of the Big Bang, we think loud, hot, and bright. But was it followed by a colder, darker shadow?
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Behold the limitless, crowded cosmos. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Survey has put out its latest data release, increasing the size of the largest 2D sky map.
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Researchers used data from the Dark Energy Survey and the South Pole Telescope to re-calculate the total amount and distribution of matter in the universe. They found that there’s about six times as much dark matter in the universe as there is regular matter, a finding consistent with previous measurements.