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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.

Image of plasma acceleration simulation
10/24/12

Plasma accelerators: Finding focus

As physicists design new "tabletop" accelerators that power particles with plasma, they also need to reinvent the tools they use to view the beam.

Illustration of black star bowling ball, with three holes facing up, on hardwood floor
10/23/12

Gravitational waves

If you could detect a bowling ball’s gravitational waves, you would know when someone threw the ball—even if you were standing outside the bowling alley.

Photo grid 3X3 RHAPSODY simulation
10/19/12

Learning to play the dark matter boogie

A growing suite of computational instruments is helping scientists determine how fast local concentrations of dark matter move, which in turn could help them cut in on the dance of dark matter particles.

Photo of CERN computer center
10/15/12

A summer of (physics) code

This summer, seven young coding whizzes contributed to CERN projects through the Google Summer of Code program.

Photo of three-dimensional integrated chip
10/11/12

Electronics in an extra dimension

3D chips—smaller and more powerful than their 2D counterparts—are beginning to make an impact in industry. Now, Fermilab is working with industrial partners to fabricate prototype 3D chips for use in science.

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