The Early Universe
Students Discuss ‘Cosmic Opportunities’ at 45th Annual SLAC Summer Institute
When the moon threw its shadow on the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory during the Aug. 21 partial solar eclipse, it created the perfect backdrop for the 45th annual SLAC Summer Institute (SSI). This year, the program was all about the fascinating universe.
Symmetry: What Can Particles Tell Us About the Cosmos?
The minuscule and the immense can reveal quite a bit about each other.
Three SLAC Scientists Receive DOE Early Career Research Grants
Standard Model of the Universe Withstands Most Precise Test by Dark Energy Survey
Construction of Massive Neutrino Experiment Kicks Off a Mile Underground
Symmetry: A Speed Trap for Dark Matter, Revisited
A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.
Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument
Scales of Time
Symmetry: Instrument Finds New Earthly Purpose
Detectors long used to look at the cosmos are now part of X-ray experiments here on Earth.
Symmetry: Five Extreme Facts about Neutron Stars
Neutron stars have earned their share of superlatives since their discovery in 1967.