The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile. Down below the mountain...

Managing the unprecedented amount of data that will soon stream from Rubin Observatory means more than buying tons of hard drives. SLAC scientist Richard...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time will revolutionize Solar System science by revealing a population of previously undiscovered interstellar comets...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s fast-moving telescope and huge digital camera will illuminate the faint glow of free-floating stars within galaxy clusters, providing unprecedented insight...

Margaux Lopez is helping prepare the Vera Rubin Observatory for the arrival of the largest digital camera ever built for astrophysics and cosmology.

The 3.5-meter  glass mirror is the first permanent component of the Simonyi Survey Telescope's  state-of-the-art, wide-field optical system to be installed and will soon...

SLAC scientists develop an approach to better guide the preparation of cell slices for cryogenic-electron tomography imaging.

After five years, SLAC scientists are ready to prototype a new X-ray laser concept.

In 1962, in the rolling hills west of Stanford University, construction began on the longest and straightest structure in the world.

Find a career, partner with us or apply to use our tools and facilities. As a DOE Office of Science national laboratory run by Stanford University, SLAC offers unique collaborations and opportunities to innovate. We seek out and engage people...

The lab honors its remarkable past while continuing its quest for a brighter future.

One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably – in a way that doesn’t compromise the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate...