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Saturday 18 January 2014

Scale of universe measured


Scale of universe measured

An ultraprecise new galaxy map is shedding light on the properties of dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be responsible for the universe's accelerating expansion.
A team of researchers working with the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) has determined the distances to galaxies more than 6 billion light-years away to within 1 percent accuracy — an unprecedented measurement.
[Full Story: Scale of Universe Measured with 1-Percent Accuracy]


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