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Supermassive black holes at the hearts of distant galaxies – and even our own sun – shine in the new movie.

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

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The ATLAS and CMS experiments have observed a process 4,000 times rarer than the production of Higgs bosons.

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Wheat and other sources of gluten can spell trouble for people with the disease, but new findings could aid the development of first-ever drugs for the autoimmune disorder.

Rubin Observatory’s rapid scanning of the night sky will capture the largest sample of Type Ia supernovae yet, unlocking new insights into dark energy.

An illustration of a telescope scanning the night sky.

Register to watch in person in the Kavli Auditorium, or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page. Plants supply us with food, clothing, medicines, fuels, and other necessities of life. For their growth, plants need essential minerals from the...

Aaron Roodman is the Deputy Director of the Vera Rubin Observatory: 30 years in the making, this new observatory will revolutionize our view of the universe by capturing over 20 billion galaxies and identifying millions of cosmic changes every night.

Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.

Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.

A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within.

A front view of the completed NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within

The largest digital camera ever built for ground-based astronomy, the 3.2-gigapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera is the size of a small car and weighs more than 3 tons.

The data acquisition system for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera starts right at the back of the focal plane, a composite of 189 digital sensors used to take night-sky images, plus several more used to line up...

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Fermi mission creates 14-year time-lapse of the gamma-ray sky

SLAC theorist Lance Dixon receives Galileo Galilei Medal

LHC experiments see four top quarks

SLAC and Stanford researchers advance understanding of a key celiac enzyme

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will detect millions of exploding stars

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First 3,200-megapixel images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera

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Completed NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera

Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera

LSST camera data acquisition system