ANN ARBOR, Mich” Researchers from the University of Michigan Physics Department are part of an international team that has been chosen by NASA to study a proposed Joint Dark Energy Mission.

The U-M physicists’ role in the research is to develop the infrared light detectors that will be mounted on a satellite to be launched into space to study dark energy. U-M has been involved with the team, called SNAP (SuperNova/Acceleration Probe), which is funded by the Department of Energy for about five years, said Gregory Tarl