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Exploring Dark Energy with the World's Most Powerful Survey Instrument (DECam) [1]

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Summary: 
Astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile hope to unlock secrets of our changing universe with the most powerful sky-mapping camera ever built.  A five-year study beginning in December aims to discover some 300 million galaxies and 4,000 supernovae. See the REUTER's video
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[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/exploring-dark-energy-worlds-most-powerful-survey-instrument-decam
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/sites/default/files/field/image/DECam 2.jpeg