DESI Maps Universe in Unprecedented Detail, Challenges Dark Energy Understanding
The largest 3D cosmic map ever created offers new insights into dark energy and the universe's expansion, hinting at potential shifts in cosmological models.
- DESI has created the largest 3D map of the universe, offering unprecedented detail in mapping galaxies and quasars.
- The map allows for the most precise measurements of dark energy and the universe's expansion over the last 11 billion years.
- Initial findings show basic agreement with the current model of the universe, but also hint at potential differences suggesting dark energy may be evolving.
- The measurement of the Hubble constant has narrowed, deepening the crisis in cosmology due to differing results from standard candles and rulers.
- DESI's results, combined with cosmic microwave background data, support a Hubble constant that challenges higher velocity measurements.
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