Berkeley Lab
Searching for Supernovae
Berkeley Lab astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter discusses SNAP - the SuperNova Acceleration Probe - a proposed space observatory designed to measure the expansion of the Universe and to determine the nature of the mysterious Dark Energy that is accelerating this expansion. SNAP is being proposed as part of the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), which is a cooperative venture between NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy. If selected it will be launched before 2020.
credit: Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab - Roy Kaltschmidt, photographer
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Searching for Supernovae
Berkeley Lab astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter discusses SNAP - the SuperNova Acceleration Probe - a proposed space observatory designed to measure the expansion of the Universe and to determine the nature of the mysterious Dark Energy that is accelerating this expansion. SNAP is being proposed as part of the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), which is a cooperative venture between NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy. If selected it will be launched before 2020.
credit: Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab - Roy Kaltschmidt, photographer
XBD200410-00541.TIF