"DESI Delivers Most Precise Measurement of Universe's Expansion"

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Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (.gov)
"DESI Delivers Most Precise Measurement of Universe's Expansion"
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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has produced the largest 3D map of the universe, measuring the universe's expansion over 11 billion years with unprecedented precision, providing insights into dark energy. DESI's first-year data has revealed potential differences from the leading model of the universe, Lambda CDM, indicating the need for further analysis. With over 900 researchers from 70 institutions, DESI's groundbreaking results shed light on the universe's evolution and the mysteries of dark energy, using 5,000 robots to map galaxies and quasars, and achieving record-setting precision in measuring the expansion history of the universe.

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