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Symmetry: Citizen Scientists Published
Amateurs and professionals share the credit in the newest publications from the Space Warps project.
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.
Symmetry: Hitting the Neutrino Floor
Dark matter experiments are becoming so sensitive, even the ghostliest of particles will soon get in the way.
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).
Dark Energy Survey Finds More Celestial Neighbors
Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey, using one of the world’s most powerful digital cameras, have discovered eight more faint celestial objects hovering near our Milky Way galaxy.
Symmetry: Miraculous WIMPs
What are WIMPs, and what makes them such popular dark matter candidates?
Dwarf Galaxies Loom Large in the Quest for Dark Matter
A batch of newly discovered satellite dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way should help scientists better grasp the evolution of the universe while also honing in on dark matter's identity.
Symmetry: A Goldmine of Scientific Research
The underground home of the LUX dark matter experiment has a rich scientific history.
SLAC Gears Up for Dark Matter Hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN
Researchers at SLAC are setting up a test stand and liquid xenon purification system for the future LZ experiment, which is scheduled to begin its search for dark matter particles in 2019.
