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Dwarf Galaxy 3.

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In September, DES will make data collected in its first season freely available to researchers.

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Open Access to the Universe

A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.

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Science on Demand

Brian Greene welcomes the Internet to physics class with World Science U.

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LSST Will Capture Unprecedented View of Night Sky

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With two SLAC researchers in the lead, an analysis of the enigmatic Fermi bubbles has narrowed down the number of possibilities for their origin...

Image - Artist's representation of Fermi bubbles
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How to Weigh a Galaxy Cluster

Step on a scale and you’ll get a quick measure of your weight. Weighing galaxy clusters, groups of hundreds or thousands of galaxies bound...

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Getting the Jump on Big Data for LSST

Efforts are already underway to ensure that the data the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope  collects will be ready to be mined for scientific gold.

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Students estimate their way through pop culture problems to learn a life skill.

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Differences between two types of black-hole-powered galaxies may reflect a change in how the galaxies extract energy from their central black holes.

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The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s report, released today, recommends a strategic path forward for US particle physics.

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The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.

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The search for dark matter at the LHC

When the Large Hadron Collider restarts, it will be an even more powerful dark-matter-hunting machine.