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NOIRLab observing specialists Carlos Morales (left) and Karla Peña (right) in the Rubin summit control room at Rubin’s mountaintop site of Cerro Pachón, Chile.

Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin control room

09/23/25

Gaëlle Suter

With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

(Left to Right) Elle Roylance, Fred Okongo, Anahi Yerman, Tino, Victor Tuang

12/13/18

Program offers students a refuge in STEM

REFUGES, started by physicist Tino Nyawelo, aims to give refugees and other underrepresented groups the tools to succeed in STEM.

12/11/18

Physics books of 2018

Symmetry writer Mike Perricone presents his annual compilation of new popular science books related to particle physics and astrophysics.

12/06/18

Top quark couture

What do you give a physicist who helped discover a fundamental particle and jump-started your science career?

Illustration of an anthropomorphized proton making a surprised face

12/04/18

LHC Noir

A proton describes its final moments in the Large Hadron Collider.

Image of a woman in glasses standing in front of several screens in a control room

11/30/18

Heavy-ion researchers seize their moment

During the short heavy-ion run at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, every moment counts.

11/15/18

Physics footage from a Monkee

1970s video footage recorded by musician Micky Dolenz when he visited the then-nascent Fermilab is now available on YouTube.

An artists interpretation of gravitational lensing

11/13/18

Gravitational lenses

Predicted by Einstein and discovered in 1979, gravitational lensing helps astrophysicists understand the evolving shape of the universe.

An illustration of Kira Burt including facets of her story

11/08/18

From GED to PhD

Physicist Kira Burt dropped out of school at 16. Now she teaches students that anyone can be a scientist.

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