Scientists release new survey of the biggest objects in the universe

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These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the universe—and they can help scientists test theories of how the universe first formed and the rules that govern it today.

The team, led by University of Chicago scientists, used data from the Dark Energy Survey, a project headed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory that cataloged the sky for six years from a mountaintop in Chile. They analyzed the number and distribution of these galaxy clusters to try to understand the fundamental laws that govern the universe.

Previously, studies using different techniques had suggested there might be cracks in our understanding of these laws.

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-scientists-survey-biggest-universe.html