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August 18, 2014
News Feature
Symmetry: Dark Energy Survey Kicks Off Second Season
In September, DES will make data collected in its first season freely available to researchers.
August 11, 2014
News Feature
Symmetry: Open Access to the Universe
A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.
July 24, 2014
News Feature
Symmetry: How to Weigh a Galaxy Cluster
Step on a scale and you’ll get a quick measure of your weight. Weighing galaxy clusters, groups of hundreds or thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity, isn’t so easy. But scientists have many ways to do it.
May 22, 2014
News Feature
Symmetry: Proposed Plan for the Future of US Particle Physics
The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s report, released today, recommends a strategic path forward for US particle physics.
May 19, 2014
Symmetry: Coming soon: Plan for the future of US particle physics
The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.
November 27, 2013
News Feature
The Seven Biggest Questions in Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
SLAC's Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) recently hosted many of the top scientists in the field to discuss the most important questions to confront in the coming decade.
KIPAC mosaic
September 3, 2013
News Feature
Dark Energy Survey Begins
Word of the official beginning of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) starts a five-year clock on a meticulous mapping of one-eighth of the night sky by the Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the Victor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
Photo - From left: Eduardo Rozo, Risa Wechsler and El...

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