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Now 10,000 times brighter and thousands of times faster, LCLS sheds light on the formation of free radicals in nature.

a closeup of the target chamber of the RIXS experimental hutch

On Monday, scientists and engineers reacted to the first images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, marking a historic milestone.

Two decades ago, Stanford and SLAC took a gamble on an unproven telescope design. Now it's on the verge of paying off.

The state-of-the-art ‘big-data facility’ unveils its first images and video, bringing the night sky to life like never before.

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth

Shweta Saraf and her team work to ensure the LCLS beamline runs without interruption.

A woman stands next to a large blue server rack filled with electronic control units, wiring, and monitoring equipment. She is smiling at the camera while using a stylus to interact with a touchscreen interface on one of the devices.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to embark on its quest to capture the cosmos, marking the culmination of decades of work by thousands of people across the globe.

A group photo in front of a large telescope mounting system.

One-quintillionth of a second lasing breakthrough could lead to next-generation X-ray technologies, improving imaging in medical, material, and quantum science.

A purple blob with black streaks and a yellow center.

The upgrades to SSRL’s resonant soft X-ray scattering beam line could reveal the hidden physics in high-temperature superconductors.

A gold beam strikes a sample inside a copper colored apparatus. A white beam emerges.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will add an unprecedented amount of cosmological data to the study of the structure and expansion of the Universe.

An illustration of a woman holding a book is surrounded by photographic negatives showing pictures of the universe.

SLAC researchers drew on advanced computation and X-ray methods to track down a water-splitting copper catalyst.

Illustration of X-ray beam interacting with the catalyst surface.

Video | Upgraded X-ray laser science: radiation effects

Video | Scientists react to first images released by world’s largest digital camera

The bold bet that built a telescope

Ever-changing universe revealed in first imagery from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

A day in the life of an accelerator engineer

Lights, camera, cosmos: the cast and crew behind Rubin Observatory

Scientists create first attosecond atomic X-ray laser

Q&A: Jun-Sik Lee explains how new SSRL capabilities will probe the mysteries of superconductors

Dialing gravitational lensing research up to 11

The case of the missing copper species