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Profiling the Invisible: Quantum Mechanics and the Unseen Universe

October 18, 2013
Profiling the Invisible: Quantum Mechanics and the Unseen Universe
Public Lecture Poster

Our Lopsided Universe: The Matter with Anti-Matter

October 18, 2013
Our Lopsided Universe: The Matter with Anti-Matter
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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset in 2024

A drone circles the Rubin Observatory at sunset in 2024, just before it begins a 10-year survey of the southern sky.

June 18, 2025
Front Page Rubin Summit
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A view of Cerro Pachón at sunset in 2024 shows the Rubin Observatory

A view of Cerro Pachón at sunset in 2024 shows the Rubin Observatory with Gemini South and SOAR in the distance, ahead of Rubin’s...

June 18, 2025
Front Page Rubin Cerro Pachón
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Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas

This image of the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in...

June 18, 2025
This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth
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A swarm of new asteroids

In about 10 hours of observations, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids in our solar system, including seven near-Earth asteroids (which...

June 23, 2025
A Swarm of New Asteroids video still frame
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The cosmic treasure chest

Made from over 1,100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the video begins with a close-up of two galaxies then zooms out...

June 23, 2025
A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, offering a vivid glimpse of the variety in the cosmos
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Public Lecture Poster

How we built the world’s largest digital camera

July 7, 2025
Poster How we built the world’s largest digital camera
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Hunting the Elusive Higgs Boson and the Origin of Mass

Public lecture presented by Lance Dixon

December 11, 2007  ·  00:59:59  runtime
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Illustration

B to D-Star-Tau-Nu

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...

October 22, 2013
Concept Art: B to D-Star-Tau-Nu
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The Dark Universe Through Einstein’s Lens

Public lecture presented by Debbie Bard

July 23, 2013  ·  01:14:48  runtime
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Supernova shock wave

When stars explode, the supernovas send off shock waves like the one shown in this artist's rendition, which accelerate protons...
October 22, 2013
Artist's rendition of a supernova shock wave