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Dark Matter Day Q&A: Olivia Valentino

10/29/24

Chris Patrick

Student scientist Olivia Valentino shares what it’s like to work on a dark matter detector thousands of feet underground.

An illustration of scientists observing the Hubble constant

07/09/19

The 9 percent difference

A discrepancy between different measurements of the Hubble constant makes scientists question whether something is amiss in our understanding of the universe.

An illustration of a person in a space suit on mars with a reflection of a rover in the helmet

07/02/19

The right stuff

A CERN engineer sees if she has what it takes to live and work on Mars.

An illustration of robot hands typing on a computer

06/25/19

The future of particle accelerators may be autonomous

Particle accelerators are some of the most complicated machines in science. Scientists are working on ways to run them with a diminishing amount of direction from humans.