Starry-eyed scientists race to find universe-expanding dark energy and alien life
And those who operate the giant telescope that finds life on another planet ‘will win the Nobel prize’
02 November 2021 - 20:38
In Chile's dry Atacama Desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called “dark energy”, a mysterious cosmic force thought to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe...
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