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A day in the life of a cosmic-ray ‘bookkeeper’
Early-career physicist Jonathan LeyVa helps build one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter detectors.
SLAC/Stanford are developing a radio that searches for dark matter
An “out there” theory inspired the development of the Dark Matter Radio, a device that could explain the mysterious matter that makes up 85 percent of the mass of our universe.
A day in the life of a dark matter data wrangler
Maria Elena Monzani prepares an international team to search for clues to one of the biggest scientific mysteries.
Light dark matter is a thousand times less likely to bump into regular matter than previous astrophysical analyses allowed
SLAC/Stanford study of the population of satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way provides new clues about the particle nature of dark matter.
SLAC sends off woven grids for LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector
Four large meshes woven from 2 miles of metal wire will extract potential signs of dark matter particles.
A miniature camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will help test the observatory and take first images
SLAC completed its work on ComCam, a commissioning device to be installed in Chile later this year.
Symmetry: Engineering the world’s largest digital camera
Building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope also means solving extraordinary technological challenges.
Q&A: SLAC/Stanford researchers prepare for a new quantum revolution
Monika Schleier-Smith and Kent Irwin explain how their projects in quantum information science could help us better understand black holes and dark matter.
Symmetry: All hands on deck
Some theorists have taken to designing their own experiments to broaden the search for dark matter.
Imaging sensors installed in LSST ComCam
The LSST camera integration and testing team inserted a raft of nine imaging sensors into the body of the ComCam. This miniature version of the LSST camera will be used for telescope commissioning. Check out photos of this and other recent activity from the LSST camera clean room.
