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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 4, 2012

KIPAC Tea Talk: Short Presentations by KIPAC Members
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 27, 2012

SLAC Colloquium: Probing the Accelerating Universe with the Dark Energy Survey (Panofsky)
Posted September 27, 2012

Oct. 1 SLAC Colloquium: Probing the Accelerating Universe with the Dark Energy Survey

The Oct. 1 SLAC Colloquium will feature astrophysicist Eduardo Rozo. His talk on Monday, “Probing the Accelerating Universe with the Dark Energy Survey,” begins at 4:15 p.m. in Panofsky Auditorium, with refreshments served beforehand at 3:45 p.m. SLAC colloquia are intended for a...
Posted September 26, 2012

SLAC in the News: 'Signs Good for Billion-Dollar U.S. Telescope'

The hundreds of scientists and engineers involved in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope breathed a collective sigh of relief on 18 July, when the National Science Board gave the project its blessing. The project was the top priority in the 2010 astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey.
Posted September 14, 2012

Word of the Week: Antimatter

Antimatter is made up of particles with equal but opposite characteristics of everyday particles of matter. Consider this analogy: dig a hole, and make a hill with the earth you've excavated. Hole and hill have equal but opposite characteristics – the volume of the earth in the hill, and that of the hole where the earth was removed.