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SLAC fundamental physics researchers study everything from elementary particles produced in accelerators to the large-scale structure of the universe. 

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Four physicists discuss Higgs boson research since the discovery.

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What to Do with the Data?

Physicists and scientific computing experts prepare for an onslaught of petabytes.

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In Search of a Parallel Universe

What are parallel universes, and why do we think they might exist?

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It Came From the Physics Lab

Settle in for a physics-themed Halloween movie marathon.

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KIPAC’s Ralf Kaehler and Tom Abel contributed two scenes to the science documentary narrated by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

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The fellowship will support their research into developing new methods of imaging tiny particles and understanding the properties of the Higgs boson.

Tais Gorkhover and Michael Kagan, the 2016 Panofsky Fellows at SLAC
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Participants of SLAC’s summer school learned about the next generation of collider physics through lectures, topical conference talks, student projects, poster sessions and tours.

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Our Galactic Neighborhood

What can our cosmic neighbors tell us about dark matter and the early universe?

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Five Facts About the Big Bang

It’s the cornerstone of cosmology, but what is it all about?

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Three recent studies using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have expanded the hunt for unexplained signals coming from beyond our galaxy.

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A previously detected, anomalously large X-ray signal is absent in new Hitomi satellite data, setting tighter limits for a dark matter interpretation.

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The Contents of the Universe

How do scientists know what percentages of the universe are made up of dark matter and dark energy?