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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.

09/21/16

Small cat, big science

The proposed International Linear Collider has a fuzzy new ally.

09/16/16

The secret lives of long-lived particles

A theoretical species of particle might answer nearly every question about our cosmos—if scientists can find it.

Scientist looking at map for the truest north

09/13/16

The hunt for the truest north

Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them.

09/09/16

A tale of two black holes

What can the surprisingly huge mass of the black holes detected by LIGO tell us about dark matter and the early universe?

Solar system with microphone mobile with stars in background

09/06/16

Turning on the cosmic microphone

A new tool lets astronomers listen to the universe for the first time.

09/01/16

Universe steps on the gas

A puzzling mismatch is forcing astronomers to re-think how well they understand the expansion of the universe.

08/30/16

Our galactic neighborhood

What can our cosmic neighbors tell us about dark matter and the early universe?

08/26/16

Winners declared in SUSY bet

Physicists exchanged cognac in Copenhagen at the conclusion of a bet about supersymmetry and the LHC.

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