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Tom Abel Named Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Abel, associate physics professor at Stanford and at SLAC and acting director of KIPAC, was recognized for the advances he’s made using supercomputers to explore the first billion years of cosmic history.
Symmetry: Cosmic Inflation
Cosmic inflation refers to a period of rapid, accelerated expansion that scientists think took place about 14 billion years ago.
Symmetry: Science Hack Day
Astrophysicists inspire space-related projects at a 24-hour hack-a-thon in San Francisco.
Symmetry: Dark Energy Survey Kicks Off Second Season
In September, DES will make data collected in its first season freely available to researchers.
Symmetry: Open Access to the Universe
A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.
Symmetry: Science on Demand
Brian Greene welcomes the Internet to physics class with World Science U.
Construction of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to Begin
SLAC is leading the construction of LSST's 3,200-megapixel camera. The telescope will start surveying the entire visible southern sky in 2022.
Despite Extensive Analysis, Fermi Bubbles Defy Explanation
With two SLAC researchers in the lead, an analysis of the enigmatic Fermi bubbles has narrowed down the number of possibilities for their origin, but hasn't completely solved the puzzle.
Symmetry: How to Weigh a Galaxy Cluster
Step on a scale and you’ll get a quick measure of your weight. Weighing galaxy clusters, groups of hundreds or thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity, isn’t so easy. But scientists have many ways to do it.
Symmetry: Getting the Jump on Big Data for LSST
Efforts are already underway to ensure that the data the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope collects will be ready to be mined for scientific gold.
