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10/06/20
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020

Three Laureates share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole. 

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The LSSTCam covers 21 times more area on the sky in every image

Testing, testing!

01/15/25

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

Illustration of phone with finger on apps icons
03/04/14

There’s an app for that

From arcade-style fun to sophisticated simulations, these mobile downloads can supply your physics fix.

Hypothetical Beam
02/25/14

Imagine the beam

A former physicist uses accelerator data to create artistic visualizations.

Photo of DECam locates asteroid
02/25/14

DECam pinpoints asteroid

When weather prevented other telescopes from tracking a potentially hazardous asteroid, the Dark Energy Camera stepped in.

Photo of BaBar coil arrives in cargo plane
02/18/14

BaBar still breaking new ground

Twenty years after a cutting-edge particle physics experiment at SLAC adopted a royal elephant from a series of children’s books as its mascot, BaBar (the experiment, not the elephant) is still looking ahead to future discoveries.

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