DESI Collaboration to Receive 2026 Berkeley Prize – Physical Sciences Area

Caption: DESI has made the largest 3D map of our universe to date and uses it to study dark energy. Earth is at the center in this animation, and every dot is a galaxy. Credit: DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Alt text: Animation of points emanating in two cones from a center point.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration will receive the American Astronomical Society’s 2026 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy.

Learn more in the AAS press release:
DESI Collaboration to Receive 2026 Berkeley Prize
August 26, 2025 / American Astronomical Society (AAS) press release

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