The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to mine. Taken during the experiment’s “survey validation” phase, the data include distant galaxies and quasars as well as stars in our own Milky...

They’ll work on experiments searching for dark matter and physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics to push our understanding of what makes up the universe.

The first pair of towers are now at the Ontario facility, where they'll further the hunt for dark matter particles.

The synthetic galaxy catalog will help test Roman's capabilities and foster collaboration with the Rubin project. 

Simulation of the formation of the dark matter structure surrounding the Milky Way, from the early universe to today.

Learn about the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and Vera C. Rubin Observatory in this video.

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

An enormous vat of pure liquid xenon will help scientists at SLAC and around the globe learn more about the universe.

To capture as much information as possible about clouds of atoms at the heart of the MAGIS-100 experiment, SLAC scientists devised a dome of mirrors that gathers more light from more angles.

They’ll work on experiments that search for dark matter particles and exotic neutrino decays that could help explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe.

SLAC researchers contributed to the design, construction, testing and analysis of the experiment, which has already put the tightest bounds yet on a popular theory of dark matter.