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Professor Gary Bernstein's research focuses on extracting knowledge from extensive astronomical images. His group is currently engaged in a number of key projects utilizing around 100,000 sky exposures, particularly through the Dark Energy Survey. His work involves gravitational lensing, a phenomenon where light is bent by gravity as predicted by General Relativity. This bending causes significant distortions to background objects, which can be measured statistically to understand the properties of dark matter and dark energy. Bernstein and his colleagues are also exploring images from the Dark Energy Survey to identify members of the solar system, specifically trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are remnants from early solar system formation. These TNOs provide insight into historical rearrangements of the giant planets in the solar system. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and an A.B. in Physics from Princeton University, graduated summa cum laude. Bernstein has taught various courses including Astronomy 001: Survey of the Universe, Astronomy 007: The Big Bang, and Astronomy 503: Astronomical Methods & Instrumentation, as well as Physics 016: Energy, Oil & Global Warming.
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