Kitt Peak National Observatory, located about 56 miles from Tucson, Arizona, boasts two dozen telescopes for professional research, plus an extensive menu of programs for public visitors.
The University Of Utah: New Effort To Map The Universe, Unravel Mysteries Of 'Dark Energy' - Salt Lake City, UT - Spectra collected by DESI are the components of light corresponding to the colors of the rainbow. As the universe expands, galaxies move .
by Bill Schulz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
A five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of dark energy began officially on May 17, 2021, at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will capture and study the light from more than 30 million galaxies and other distant objects, allowing scientists to construct a 3-D map of the universe with unprecedented detail.
DESI is an international science collaboration that includes physicists from the University of Utah and is managed by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) with primary funding from DOE’s Office of Science.