New Horizons Probes Universe's Darkness
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•Scientists confirm that most of the universe is 'darkness and nothing more'
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NASA 's New Horizons spacecraft has made the most precise and direct measurements of the total amount of light produced by our universe.
The question of just how dark the universe is has vexed astronomers for decades .
From our stretch of the solar system, scattered sunlight and interplanetary dust and ice interfere with the measurement.
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