DUNE

Understanding the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy is one of the most pressing issues in cosmology and fundamental physics. The purpose of the DUNE (Dark UNiverse Explorer) mission is to study these two cosmological components with high precision, using a space-based weak lensing survey as its primary science driver.

Weak lensing provides a measure of the distribution of dark matter in the Universe and of the impact of dark energy on the growth of structures. DUNE will also include a complementary supernovae survey to measure the expansion history of the Universe, thus giving independent additional constraints on dark energy.

The purpose of DUNE is to perform a high-precision study of dark matter and dark energy using weak lensing and type Ia supernovae, two complementary cosmological probes.

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• DUNE website

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