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Scientists study the force that drives that acceleration, dubbed “dark energy,” with deep astronomical surveys that look at how the distribution of galaxies has changed over billions of years.

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Two astrophysicists and a theoretical physicist discuss how the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy by...

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Supernova

Using Twinkles, the new simulation of images of our night sky, scientists get ready for a gigantic cosmological survey unlike any before.

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2016 year in particle physics

Scientists furthered studies of the Higgs boson, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation and continued the search for undiscovere

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Science with Sprinkles

Holiday guests will gravitate toward these physics cookies.

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KIPAC’s Ralf Kaehler and Tom Abel contributed two scenes to the science documentary narrated by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

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The Contents of the Universe

How do scientists know what percentages of the universe are made up of dark matter and dark energy?

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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will measure light from 35 million cosmic objects for new insights into what causes the universe to expand faster...

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KIPAC researchers mourn the loss of the Hitomi spacecraft but are thrilled about the data it was still able to capture.

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Following LIGO’s Treasure Maps

Astronomers around the world are looking for visible sources of gravitational waves.

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It will provide new insights into the physics of black holes, the formation of chemical elements, stars and galaxies, and the evolution of the...

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Next-generation telescopic surveys will work hand-in-hand with supercomputers to study the nature of dark energy.

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Fermi scientist Matthew Wood discusses major improvements to the Fermi Large Area Telescope, including increasing its sensitivity to the equivalent of launching another LAT.