The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, which will map millions of galaxies in 3D from a mountaintop in Arizona, has reached its final milestone toward its startup.

The SLAC/Stanford scientists are among 120 new members of an organization that advises the nation on science and technology issues.

Just like we orbit the sun and the moon orbits us, the Milky Way has satellite galaxies with their own satellites. Drawing from data on those galactic neighbors, a new model suggests the Milky Way should have an additional 100...

Matching up maps of matter and light from the Dark Energy Survey and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may help astrophysicists understand what causes a faint cosmic gamma-ray glow.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will be named for an influential astronomer who left the field better than she found it.

His work aims to deepen our understanding of dark matter, dark energy and other secrets of the universe.

Early-career physicist Jonathan LeyVa helps build one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter detectors.

An “out there” theory inspired the development of the Dark Matter Radio, a device that could explain the mysterious matter that makes up 85 percent of the mass of our universe.

Maria Elena Monzani prepares an international team to search for clues to one of the biggest scientific mysteries.

A SLAC/Stanford study of the population of satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way provides new clues about the particle nature of dark matter.

Four large meshes made from 2 miles of metal wire will extract potential signals of dark matter particles.