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Learn some particle accelerator basics from a Fermilab accelerator operator.

A recent uptick in the discovery of the smallest, oldest galaxies benefits studies of dark matter, galaxy formation and the evolution of the universe.

The United States and the European physics laboratory have formally agreed to partner on continued LHC research, upcoming neutrino research and a future collider.

A tour of 10 of this year’s popular science books delivers dark matter, black holes and a hefty dose of Einstein.

Members of the Dark Energy Survey have partnered with the LIGO experiment in the hunt for gravitational waves. They’re the DES-GW group. DES-GW will use the Dark Energy Camera to help LIGO search for the source of the gravitational waves it detects.

To learn more about the particles they collide, physicists turn their attention to a less destructive type of collision in the LHC.

Pranav Sivakumar, a student at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, was recently recognized by President Barack Obama at White House Astronomy Night. Fermilab Ask-a-Scientist and Saturday Morning Physics talks were significant influences in his decision to pursue science.

Fermi Research Alliance LLC, a partnership between the University of Chicago and Universities Research Association, has appointed several distinguished new members to its board of directors.

Chicago artist Ellen Sandor, founder and director of the collaborative artists group (art)n, has been chosen as Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s artist-in-residence for 2016.

The extremely sensitive quantum-spacetime-measuring tool will serve as a template for scientific exploration in the years to come.