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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.

04/05/16

Perplexed by gravity? Don’t let it get you down.

04/01/16

Go inside the new detector looking for why we’re here.

03/29/16

The center of our galaxy is a busy place. But it might be one of the best sites to hunt for dark matter.

03/24/16

Compatible and sustainable software could revolutionize high-energy physics research.

03/22/16

CERN physicist Edda Gschwendtner explains why we need big machines to study tiny particles.

03/16/16

A new experiment at the South Pole picks up where BICEP2 left off.

03/15/16

Scientists hope the quarter-ton hunks of glass will help them see dark energy’s effects.

03/08/16

The Dark Energy Survey’s art show offers a glimpse of the expanding universe.