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Pleasures, Science & Health, Times They Are A-Changing, Web & Technology

Largest dark energy map could reveal the fate of the universe | Live Science

This is one big map

By Tom Metcalfe, published 1 day ago

Star trails are seen over the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. (Image credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld)

A modified telescope in Arizona has produced an interim map, which is already the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever — and the instrument is only about a tenth of the way through its five-year mission.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and scientists around the world, was installed between 2015 and 2019 on the Mayall telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in the Sonoran Desert, about 50 miles (88 kilometers) west of Tucson, and has been conducting a survey for less than a year.

Its purpose is to create an even larger 3D map of the universe, to yield a better understanding of the physics of dark energy, the mysterious force that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.

Source: Largest dark energy map could reveal the fate of the universe | Live Science

Las Vegas, Nevada, Times They Are A-Changing

Baby Boomer Migration Tilts Toward Las Vegas, Tampa And Phoenix

Editors’ Pick | Apr 28, 2021,03:23pm EDT | 517 views

Brenda Richardson, Senior Contributor, Real Estate, I cover residential real estate, including buying, selling and trends.

Sunny retirement locations are still a big draw for Baby Boomers.
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Baby Boomers are the wealthiest generation of Americans alive today, and while some may no longer be active in the housing market, plenty are still looking to buy homes.

But where are Baby Boomers looking to buy? To answer this question, LendingTree analyzed mortgage purchase requests made in 2020 on the LendingTree platform across the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas.

Here’s what the study found:

Las Vegas, Tampa and Phoenix are the metros where Baby Boomers make up the largest share of mortgage purchase requests. In Las Vegas, 19.97% of purchase requests came from Baby Boomers. In Tampa and Phoenix, the numbers are 17.33% and 16.36%, respectively.

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Las Vegas, Nevada, Travel

36 Hours in Scottsdale – The New York Times

Frank Lloyd Wright built Taliesin West, his winter retreat and architecture school where he adapted his organic Prairie style to the Sonoran Desert.CreditJohn Burcham for The New York Times
Frank Lloyd Wright built Taliesin West, his winter retreat and architecture school where he adapted his organic Prairie style to the Sonoran Desert.CreditJohn Burcham for The New York Times

Good travel article, nearby Las Vegas.. Scottsdale, Arizona.. and Frank Lloyd Wright house, too…

Current Affairs, Sports

Deflategate: Does Bill Belichick know when to stop tinkering? – CSMonitor.com

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The NFL is investigating claims that the New England Patriots illegally under-inflated their footballs. For coach Bill Belichick, Deflategate could be defining.

via Deflategate: Does Bill Belichick know when to stop tinkering? – CSMonitor.com.

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