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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.

Photo of a person standing inside the ProtoDUNE detector, the walls, floor, and ceiling are all yellow

01/18/18

The biggest little detectors

The ProtoDUNE detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are behemoths in their own right.

Illustration of Higgs dirigible entering “dark sector”

01/16/18

Voyage into the dark sector

A hidden world of particles awaits.

Illustration of river of stars in the sky flows into waterfall and river

01/10/18

Rivers in the sky

Local communities named newly discovered stellar streams for bodies of water close to home.

12/21/17

Not an ugly sweater party

University College London scientists make physics festive with sweaters and songs at their annual holiday gathering.

12/21/17

The 12 Days of Physicsmas

Add some science to your holiday carols.

Photo of Beam Transport Hall allows the electron beam from SLAC's linear accelerator to continue down through the Research Yard

12/19/17

Machine evolution

Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.

Photo of woman putting her face through wood cut out that says "08.21.17 Totality Awesome" for great eclipse

12/15/17

A trip into totality

This summer, physics students were offered a unique opportunity to study cosmic rays during the total solar eclipse.

Illustration of book shelf with book spines from the 2017 book review

12/12/17

Physics books of 2017

Gravitational waves take the top spot in Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s yearly round-up of popular science books related to physics and astrophysics.

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