This documentary would blend dramatic, dark-sky cinematography with cutting-edge visual effects to illustrate how DESI is pulling back the veil on the "dark." Explaining what we cannot see.
The instrument uses 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" to capture light from thousands of galaxies simultaneously.
The universe is not as it seems. While stars and galaxies shine, they constitute a mere fraction of the cosmos. The rest is commanded by —a mysterious force speeding up the expansion of space. Scientists, often in pursuit of the "light bringer" particles that might explain this force (sometimes colloquially referred to in high-energy physics discussions as a 'lucifer' component due to the search for light-producing, or illuminating, particles), are mapping the heavens. 2. The Tool: DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument)
Behind the scenes with the engineers and astrophysicists in Arizona.