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SuperCDMS SNOLAB cools down to near absolute zero, setting the stage for one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter searches

The experiment’s detectors have reached their operating temperature, almost a thousand times colder than outer space.

March 17, 2026  ·  6 min read
SuperCDMS team members posing with a detector tower.
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SLAC’s 2025 Panofsky Fellow Ann Wang hunts for dark matter

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

September 24, 2025  ·  3 min read
Portrait of Ann Wang
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SLAC on Tap: Night of the Dark Matter

Something is lurking in the dark. Dark matter makes up most of the matter in the universe, yet it continues to slip through our...
Date Wednesday, October 28, 2026
5:30 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
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Seagull Nebula through the eyes of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera

Star formation populates this image of the Seagull Nebula taken in Fall 2024 by Rubin Observatory’s engineering test camera.

October 22, 2026
Blue and pink swirls against a starry black background