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Mysterious Neutrinos Take the Stage at SLAC
SLAC is ramping up its efforts to understand neutrinos – elusive fundamental particles whose properties may help researchers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.
DESI, an Ambitious Probe of Dark Energy, Achieves its Next Major Milestone
The DOE has approved the project’s scientific scope, schedule and funding. SLAC researchers are among the 200 physicists and astronomers who make up the international DESI Collaboration.
World’s Most Powerful Digital Camera Sees Construction Green Light
The Department of Energy has approved the start of construction for a 3.2-gigapixel digital camera – the world’s largest – at the heart of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
Symmetry: Looking for Strings Inside Inflation
Theorists from the Institute for Advanced Study have proposed a way forward in the quest to test string theory.
Symmetry: All About Supernovae
Exploding stars have an immense capacity to destroy—and create.
Symmetry: The Age of the Universe
How can we figure out when the universe began?
Symmetry: Physics for the people
Citizen scientists dive into particle physics and astrophysics research.
Cosmic Inflation Remains Undiscovered
A previous study claiming the discovery of gravitational waves as cosmic inflation’s fingerprint has most likely been over-interpreted, scientists found in a joint analysis between the Planck and BICEP2 experiments.
Symmetry: Mirror, Mirror
After more than six years of grinding and polishing, the first-ever dual-surface mirror for a major telescope is complete.
World’s Most Powerful Camera Receives Funding Approval
Plans to build the world’s largest digital camera at SLAC have reached a major milestone, with funding approval for the 3,200-megapixel camera. The camera will be the centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will provide unprecedented details of the universe and help address some of its biggest mysteries.
