The first year results of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration have reached a new milestone mapping the growth of the universe from its infancy to the present day.  This new information released last Thursday is based on data collected using the Dark Energy Camera mounted on the Blanco 4m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.  Key components of the 570 mega-pixel camera were built at Ohio State. The Ohio State DES group is led by professor Klaus Honscheid.

The results will be presented today (Aug 9)  at the TeV Particle Astrophysics Conference in Columbus, OH by Kavli fellow Elisabeth Krause and on August 10 by CCAPP's Michael Troxel at the International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies in Guanzhou, China.

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Congratulations to Dr. Honscheid, his team and the Dark Energy Survey collaboration.

Picture above shows Klaus Honscheid in the dome of the Blanco telescope.  The Dark Energy Camera is mounted at the top end of the telescope (T. Abbot, CTIO)

Prof. Honscheid and the Dark Energy Survey are featured in the August 9 - ASC Daily Post.