From Quanta, May 15, 2018: Thanks to Dark Energy Survey data, astronomers have spotted a distant world whose orbit is so odd that it is likely to have been shepherded by Planet Nine.

From Gizmodo, May 18: Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey spotted a celestial object that, according to a new paper published recently on the arXiv, is the “most extreme Trans-Neptunian object found to date.”

From Kane County Chronicle, May 18, 2018: See photos from the May 12 visit to Fermilab by five members of Congress.

Engineering the incredible, dependable, shrinkable Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

A five-member bipartisan delegation toured the laboratory, met a Nobel laureate, and discussed the flagship LBNF/DUNE neutrino project.

From Daily Herald, May 15, 2018: In honor of Arbor Day, Fermilab in Batavia recently held a volunteer workday with the goal of creating a shrub land habitat for rare birds.

If two protons collide at 99.9999991 percent the speed of light, do they make a sound?

From NBC News, May 8, 2018: DUNE co-spokesperson Ed Blucher and Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer are quoted in NBC’s overview of neutrino physics and DUNE.

From University of Chicago, May 8, 2018: A number of breakthroughs have made it possible for scientists to encode and manipulate information in quantum systems. Scientists at UChicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering,which formed a hub with Fermilab and Argonne called the Chicago Quantum Exchange, are fleshing out the fundamental rules of controlling such systems.

The UK physicist will co-lead the experiment for the next two years.