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The End of Spacetime

Public lecture presented by Nima Arkani-Hamed

June 20, 2018  ·  01:31:49  runtime
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10 Years of Cosmic Fireworks with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Public lecture presented by Eric Charles

July 24, 2018  ·  01:08:03  runtime
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Brown Dwarfs: Failed Stars or Overachieving Planets?

Public lecture presented by Eric Nielsen

July 30, 2019  ·  01:12:54  runtime
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A Sparkle in the Dark: The Outlandish Quest for Dark Matter (recording)

Public lecture presented by Maria Elena Monzani

January 28, 2020  ·  01:06:24  runtime
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How to Bend a Stream of Dark Matter and Make it Shine

Public lecture presented by Sebastian Ellis

November 19, 2019  ·  01:06:35  runtime
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Assembly TimeLapse

Inserting rafts into the focal plane of the LSST Camera was a high-stakes operation that took about six months.

September 8, 2020  ·  00:02:22  runtime
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SLAC's LSST Camera inside clean room

The LSST Camera is being tested inside the clean room at SLAC

September 22, 2022  ·  00:00:30  runtime
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A Camera for the Invisible: Bringing the Higgs Boson into Focus

Public lecture presented by Caterina Vernieri
March 25, 2021  ·  01:22:00  runtime
A Camera for the Invisible: Bringing the Higgs Boson into Focus
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The Tug of War that Shapes the Universe (recording)

Public lecture presented by Justin Myles

September 30, 2021  ·  01:20:13  runtime
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Shocking Origin: Meteor Impacts and the Chemistry of Life

Public lecture presented by Arianna Gleason

May 27, 2021  ·  01:29:12  runtime
A Camera for the Invisible: Bringing the Higgs Boson into Focus
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Music for the Cosmos

An Exploration of Art & Physics

April 23, 2019  ·  00:56:13  runtime
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Particle Physics From the Inside Out

SLAC particle theorist Stan Brodsky has learned how to dive into the equations of particle physics to look for deeper meaning.
August 2, 2013  ·  00:01:27  runtime
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