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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera.

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AI is playing a key role in helping SLAC researchers find new galaxies and tiny neutrinos, and discover new drugs.

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

SLAC experimentalists and theorists collaborate to develop critical detector components, data analysis tools, and theoretical models for the HL-LHC upgrade, which will investigate the Higgs boson and pursue physics beyond the Standard Model.

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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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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.

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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.

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

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Testing, Testing! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Completes Comprehensive System Tests With Flying Colors

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

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SLAC theorist Lance Dixon receives Galileo Galilei Medal

LHC experiments see four top quarks

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