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05/11/23
Australian National University

Painting the universe red

Before arriving at The Australian National University Research School of Physics, Raghda Abdel Khaleq explored the connections between art and science through undergraduate degrees in fine arts and advanced science.

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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.

Particle Physics and Astrophysics around Latin America
10/01/19

From the editor: A month in Latin America

Latin America has reached a pivotal moment in experimental particle physics and astrophysics research. Throughout the month of October, Symmetry will explore how.

Model of Multi Messenger Event
10/01/19

Chasing gravitational waves

When LIGO and Virgo detected the echoes that likely came from a collision between a black hole and a neutron star, dozens of physicists began a hunt for the signal’s electromagnetic counterpart. 

An illustration of Becky Thompson skydiving next to Spectra
09/12/19

Q&A: Becky Thompson

Meet the comic-creating, triathlete, Hufflepuff physicist who’s also the new head of Fermilab’s Office of Education and Public Outreach.

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