Dark Energy Camera captures remains of a massive star that exploded nearly 11,000 years ago in huge gigapixel image (phys.org)
from ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to astronomy@mander.xyz on 12 Mar 2024 22:37
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tate@lemmy.sdf.org on 12 Mar 2024 23:13 collapse

wtf is a “dark energy camera?” smh

This thing is just a mosaic of ordinary CCDs. I’m sure the name has something to do with it’s specific scientific goals, but that’s not explained at all in this article. They didn’t even attempt to make any kind of connection between the veil and dark energy. Or even between supernovae and dark energy.