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| Telescope Survey Reveals UniverseÂ’s Dark Secrets |
| 2012-10-28 |
| Scientists have released the final version of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS), data gathered over six years which probes deep recesses of the Universe, including galaxies as far as nine billion light-years away. This treasure trove of information will allow scientists to better study dark matter; energy; new, developing and evolving galaxies; and any solar system bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, in a region called the Kuiper Belt. The unique and powerful multi-color collection of astronomical images and data put together by the international team, was gathered from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) located atop the summit of HawaiiÂ’s Mauna Kea volcano. The project is led by French and Canadian astronomers who imaged and mapped an extremely large volume of the Universe using a ground-based, rather than space telescope, such as the Hubble. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #1 Dark secrets? Can the survey see all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2012-10-28 14:27 |