![illustration of a tug of war in the universe](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/public_lecture_sept2021_hd_0.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=IPtclza9)
Photograph
Attendees at the KIPAC 20th Anniversary Community Day festival will observe the sun through telescopes and sun-spotters.
![Visitors at KIPAC are observing the sun through telescopes and sun-spotters.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-04/Telescope_1500x1001.jpg?h=78aab1d8&itok=H56wG7gn)
![Whispers of the big bang](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lectures_files/publiclecture_jun2006_lg.jpg?h=dc887fc4&itok=JLMK9gsP)
![The Dark Side of the Universe](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lectures_files_2/publiclecture_aug2007_lg.jpg?h=dc887fc4&itok=2Z7AYKug)
Illustration
In this conceptual art, an electron and positron collide, resulting in a B meson (not shown) and an antimatter B-bar meson, which then decays...
![Concept Art: B to D-Star-Tau-Nu](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/babar_data_pressrelease_final.jpg?h=31e3dc06&itok=JT7h_CBn)
Illustration
When stars explode, the supernovas send off shock waves like the one shown in this artist's rendition, which accelerate protons...
![Artist's rendition of a supernova shock wave](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/130214-fermi-cosmic-rays-1.jpg?h=f7d9296c&itok=vVLuXcNY)
Illustration
In this illustration, two protons collide at high energy, producing a Higgs boson that instantly decays, producing two tau particles...
![Higgs jet diagram](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/higgs_jets_final_updated.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=xq0XjzpJ)
Illustration
The SuperCDMS dark matter experiment will be located at the Canadian laboratory SNOLAB, 2 kilometers (6,800 feet) underground inside a...
![SuperCDMS Location](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/supercdms_map_final-2000px.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=IMVPh8NK)
![Public lecture called A sparkle in the dark: the outlandish quest for dark matter](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lectures_files/publiclecture_jan2019_full.jpg?h=98fc02fa&itok=ja14m9ii)
Animation
This animation shows how krypton (red) is removed from xenon gas (blue) by flowing the combined gases through a column...
![A blue cloud with red spots travels downward, passing gray spots. As it does, the red spots move downward faster.](/sites/default/files/xenon_removal_forfeature_v02.gif)
![illustration of a tug of war in the universe](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/public_lecture_sept2021_hd_0.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=IPtclza9)
Past Event
Special Event
KIPAC 20th anniversary community day
This event is free, open to all, and family-friendly hosted by Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, Science &...
![Dwarf Galaxy 3.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/dwarf-galaxy-discover-large.jpeg?h=328948d6&itok=z9IiRN7t)
![A galaxy in space](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Screenshot%202023-07-11%20at%201.28.04%20PM.png?h=e063fb17&itok=lcSpQPqT)