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Cosmic Dawn: The First Star in the Universe

What was the first thing in the Universe? A black hole or a star? How did it form? Even our biggest and best telescopes...
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2008
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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The Dark Side of the Universe

Presented by Marusa Bradac. One of the greatest accomplishments in recent astrophysics is the creation of a model for the complete inventory of the...

Date Tuesday, August 28, 2007
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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A Comet on Earth: Results from the Stardust Mission

Presented by Sean Brennan. The Stardust mission returned from a 6-year voyage in January of 2006. During the mission it swept through the tail...

Date Tuesday, August 29, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Space: The Hunt for Hidden Dimensions

Presented by JoAnne Hewett. Extra dimensions of space may be present in our universe. Their discovery would dramatically change our view of the cosmos...

Date Tuesday, April 25, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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A Camera for the Invisible: Bringing the Higgs Boson into Focus

Presented by Caterina Vernieri. The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in...

Date Thursday, March 25, 2021
10:00 a.m.  –  11:00 a.m.  PT
 At SLAC we are constructing the core of the biggest and fastest camera ever built to capture the Higgs boson in action.
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A Sparkle in the Dark: The Outlandish Quest for Dark Matter

Presented by Maria Elena Monzani. The nature and origin of dark matter are among the most compelling mysteries of contemporary science.

Date Tuesday, January 28, 2020
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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10 Years of Cosmic Fireworks with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Presented by Eric Charles. A single gamma ray carries millions of times the energy of a single photon of visible light.  This means that...

Date Tuesday, July 24, 2018
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Date Thursday, August 1, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram
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Traveling Light: The Universe’s Oldest Story Told by the Cosmic Microwave Background

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the afterglow of the Big Bang and represents the oldest light in the Universe, emitted when the Universe...

Date Tuesday, July 16, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
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SLAC on Tap

What’s the (dark) Matter with our Universe? Rubin Observatory is on the Case!

Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for...
Date Thursday, August 22, 2024
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Expecting the Unexpected with AI at Particle Colliders

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page.  In particle physics, we search for...
Date Thursday, December 5, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
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The Tug of War that Shapes the Universe

Presented by Justin Myles. As the universe expanded from the Big Bang, regions where the density of matter was higher than average grew into...

Date Thursday, September 30, 2021
10:00 a.m.  –  11:00 a.m.  PT
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