Posted September 18, 2012
First Images from the Dark Energy Camera Help SLAC-Stanford Astrophysicists Seek the Invisible
When the Dark Energy Camera opened its giant eye last week and began taking pictures of the ancient light from far-off galaxies, more than 120 members of the Dark Energy Survey eagerly awaited that first snapshot. Though scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory lead the project, they counted among their number the Santa Cruz-SLAC-Stanford Consortium, the official name for a small, tight-knit group of scientists who helped make those pictures happen.
Posted July 18, 2012
NSF: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Approved to Advance to Final Design Stage
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) just received another boost. The National Science Foundation announced that it has received the go-ahead from the National Science Board to advance the giant telescope to the final design stage.
Posted June 14, 2012
NuSTAR Rises to Guide Astrophysics Research Into Hard X-ray Regime
A NASA orbiting telescope able to view the cosmos through the lens of hard X-rays has launched, and several members of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, a joint SLAC-Stanford effort, are ready and waiting to take in the sights.
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Posted October 4, 2012
Cosmology Seminar: Dark Matter Halo Alignments and Probes of Large-Scale Structure
Posted October 2, 2012
Panofsky Prize Honors Researchers' Underground Hunt for Dark Matter
The search for dark matter runs deep with physicists Blas Cabrera and Bernard Sadoulet, who have chased this mystery far underground and will be recognized for their work as joint recipients of the 2013 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
Posted September 26, 2012
Astrophysics Colloquium: Martin White (UCB/LBNL)
Posted September 26, 2012
Cosmology Seminar: Antonio Cuesta
Posted September 26, 2012
KIPAC Tea Talk: Risa Wechsler and Stefan Funk
Posted September 26, 2012
Astrophysics Colloquium: Gabriel Gann (UCB)
Posted September 6, 2012
KIPAC Tea Talk: Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
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