HETDEX: The Search for Dark Energy

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HETDEX: The Search for Dark Energy episodes

August 25, 2008 The Race to Discovery
Astronomers around the world are racing to devise clever and creative ways to learn the nature of dark energy.
10 min
June 30, 2008 Catching a VIRUS
An innovative set of spectrographs will observe thousands of galaxies each night
8 min
June 26, 2008 Looking for Dark Energy
Karl Gebhardt, HETDEX Project Scientist, explains how a McDonald Observatory telescope will look for dark energy.
2 min
June 16, 2008 The Possibilities
When it comes to explaining dark energy, scientists are in the dark.
7 min
June 02, 2008 Introduction to HETDEX
An introduction to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment
0 min
May 19, 2008 A 'Speedy' Discovery
In 1998, two teams of astronomers discovered that, instead of slowing down, the universe is expanding faster today than it was in earlier epochs.
6 min
April 14, 2008 The Search for Dark Energy
An introduction to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX).
0 min

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A periodic audio/video feature from McDonald Observatory showcasing the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment.