This revolutionary discovery, which astrophysicists achieved with observations of specific kinds of exploding stars, called type 1a supernovae, was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011.

With their major 1,500 Type 1a supernova haul announced this month ... There are four major steps left before Brout can start counting the days leading up to LSST's first light.

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