Background Image: R. Hahn; Inset: C. Chang, Kavli Institute, and the DES collaboration.
70-26-4: The Cosmic Mix Confirmed
New results from the Dark Energy Survey confirm that the Universe is mostly made of dark energy (70%) and dark matter (26%), with normal baryonic matter comprising just a smidge (4%). In other words, the Universe is mostly made of stuff we don’t understand! The results of the survey, which is being carried out with DECam on the CTIO Blanco telescope, were derived from high precision maps of gravitational lensing and large scale structure.
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Join the international star-hunt campaign, Globe at Night, August 14-23. Use a smart phone to submit sky brightness in real time! Visit globeatnight.org. At the Aug. 21 eclipse? Click here for our activity.
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Superluminous supernova proclaims the death of a star at cosmic high noon. The supernova, one of the most distant ever discovered & confirmed, was detected with the Dark Energy Camera. -
Distant Galaxies ‘Lift the Veil’ on the End of the Cosmic Dark Ages:
NOAO Press Release 17-03. -
A New Jovian Mini-Moon
Discovered with DECam on the CTIO Blanco telescope, the diminutive moon S/2017 J1, only a mile across, takes 2 years to complete an orbit around Jupiter. -
Blowing the Cover of a Hidden Black Hole
A close look at the center of a nearby galaxy has revealed a surprising connection between the galaxy and the supermassive black hole at its center. -
Punching Above Its Weight, a Brown Dwarf Launches a Parsec-Scale Jet: Astronomers using the SOAR telescope at CTIO have discovered a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf. -
Meet “DeeDee”, a Distant Dwarf in the Outer Solar System. Located 92 AU from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant trans-Neptunian object known. Read more in the NRAO Press Release.
