{"id":12730,"date":"2015-04-09T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=12730"},"modified":"2015-04-09T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:22:22","slug":"shedding-light-on-the-search-for-dark-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/shedding-light-on-the-search-for-dark-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedding light on the search for dark energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizz Giordano<br \/>\nEngineers and astronomers at the <a href=\"\/\/mcdonaldobservatory.org\/\">McDonald Observatory<\/a> in the Davis Mountains of South Texas are hoping their view of 1 million galaxies will shed some light on dark energy. Scientists link this mysterious and unseen energy that permeates the cosmos\u00a0to the accelerating expansion of the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Technology advancements are opening up entirely new parts of the skies for astronomers to study. Engineers at the McDonald Observatory are upgrading <a href=\"\/\/hetdex.org\/hetdex\/\">The Hobby-Eberly Telescope<\/a> in preparation for their first major experiment to search for dark energy.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next three years, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment will collect data on 1 million galaxies that are 9 to 11 billion light years away. Through these observations, astronomers will be able to measure how fast the universe was expanding at different times in its history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"finalmcdonald\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124471799?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">\n<p>Video by Lizz Giordano\/Medill<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Telescope animation\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124473142?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">\n<p>How the Hobby-Eberly Telescope will search for dark energy. Scripted by Lizz Giordano\/Medill; Produced by Next Media Animation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">\n<p>Photo at top: The night sky at the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas. 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