Tag Archives: structure of universe

‘We may be able to watch dark energy turn on’: U-M involved in unprecedented sky survey

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2013Sciencedark energy, dark energy camera, dark energy survey, dark matter, galaxy clusters, structure of universe

ANN ARBOR — Moonless nights outside the Cerro Tololo astronomical observatory in Chile are so dark that when you look down, you can’t see your feet. (more…)

UA Alumnus Wins Nobel Prize

By Guest PostOctober 6, 2011Sciencecosmic yardstick, expansion of universe, exploding stars, relative brightness, stars, structure of universe

Brian P. Schmidt, who graduated from the UA in 1989 with a double major in astronomy and physics, shares this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics with two colleagues for a discovery that has rocked our understanding of the cosmos: The universe is expanding at an ever-faster pace.

In the last years of the 20^th century, two teams of researchers set out to race each other to measure the rate of the universe’s expansion, and by extension, unveil how the universe most likely will end. (more…)