From The Conversation, Oct. 25, 2017: Fermilab scientist Dan Hooper describes the mystery of dark matter and how scientists are working to solve the puzzle.
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For the first time, experiments have seen both light and gravitational waves released by a single celestial crash.
On Monday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., we will host in Ramsey Auditorium a livestream of a Washington, D.C., press conference on new developments in gravitational-wave astronomy.
At the 2017 APS Division of Particles and Fields meeting at Fermilab, Stanford scientist Daniel Gruen reported the year-one results from the Dark Energy Survey, including the most accurate measurement ever made of the present large-scale structure of the universe. You can view a video of Gruen’s talk, which is now available online.
From BBC News, Aug. 3, 2017: Dark Energy Survey researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our universe.
Dark Energy Survey scientists have unveiled the most accurate measurement ever made of the present large-scale structure of the universe, and their findings support the dark matter/dark energy model.
From Quanta, Aug. 3, 2017: Fermilab scientists Josh Frieman and Scott Dodelson talk about the latest major result from the Dark Energy Survey, which could signal the start of a new era of cosmology.
The sprawling Square Kilometer Array radio telescope hunts signals from one of the quietest places on Earth.
Scientists Rocky Kolb and Mike Turner recount the time they first proposed that Fermilab – dedicated to the study of the universe’s smallest constituents — expand its program to include the stars, galaxies and the cosmos.
Do you sometimes wish you were invisible? There was once an invisible man who could walk around and no one could see him.