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The Dark Energy Survey was recently awarded 276 hours on the Gemini South telescope. Photo: Gemini Observatory/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy In an ambitious five-year mission, the Dark Energy Survey team has devoted itself to mapping the southern sky in unprecedented detail, ultimately hoping to decipher what may stand as the most bewildering phenomenon of our expanding universe. In March, DES applied to the Large and Long Program at the Gemini Observatory, a program meant to foster scientific…

Bob Holle works is one of Fermilab’s much appreciated security guards. Photo: Cindy Arnold How long have you been at Fermilab? Thirteen years in July. What does your typical workday look like? I work at the gate as a security guard. I’m here at 5:30 in the morning. There’s a little briefing we go through where we learn what exactly is going on, any conferences we should know about or special meetings that are happening, like when Secretary Ernest Moniz…