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With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

First Photons in the Rubin control room at SLAC

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

Her work will advance a next-generation experiment in the hope of detecting this mysterious ingredient of the universe.

SLAC completed its work on ComCam, a commissioning device to be installed in Chile later this year.

SLAC is uniquely equipped to study viruses like SARS-CoV-2; in fact, we’ve been doing it for decades. This news collection gathers the latest information on COVID-19 research at SLAC.

A photo-collage featuring a technician at SLAC's cryo-EM facilities.

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding.

A pom-pom like object with curly tangles in purple and blue shades and yellow tangles at center, reminiscent of a zinnia blossom.

Presented by Peter D. Dahlberg. Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale.

Together with two long-time collaborators, he is recognized for work that helps us understand the strong nuclear force.

A man standing in front of a chalkboard.

This event is free, open to all, and family-friendly hosted by Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, Science & Engineering Quad.

The synthetic galaxy catalog will help test Roman's capabilities and foster collaboration with the Rubin project.

A field of bright spots on a black background.

This week 200 members of the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage-4 (CMB-S4) collaboration are meeting at SLAC to focus on the continuing development of this science research project. CMB-S4 and the next generation telescopes will provide measurements of the cosmic...

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The reanalysis considered new types of particle collisions and how dark matter particles interact with the Earth.

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Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin control room

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

SLAC’s 2026 Panofsky Fellow Ann Wang hunts for dark matter

A miniature camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will help test the observatory and take first images

COVID-19

SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

What in the cell is going on?

SLAC theorist Lance Dixon receives Galileo Galilei Medal

KIPAC 20th anniversary community day

Roman Space Telescope and Rubin Observatory scientists collaborate on a giant testbed of simulated galaxies

Mysteries of the Universe & Time Machines

New analysis of SuperCDMS data sets tighter detection limits for dark matter