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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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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?

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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will measure light from 35 million cosmic objects for new insights into what causes the universe to expand faster...

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The scientists develop methods to study neutrinos from star explosions and search for unknown particles and forces with possible ties to dark matter.

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The Standard Model is far more than elementary particles arranged in a table.

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The first website to be hosted in the US has grown to be an invaluable hub for open science.

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In its final run, the LUX experiment increased its sensitivity four-fold, but dark matter remains elusive.

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Before Hitomi died, it sent back X-ray data that explain how turbulent motions may prevent cooling of hot gas.

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The Neutrino Turns 60

Project Poltergeist led to the discovery of the ghostly particle.

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1,000 Meters Below

Meet the world’s deepest underground physics facilities.

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KIPAC researchers mourn the loss of the Hitomi spacecraft but are thrilled about the data it was still able to capture.