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RT @NOIRLabAstro: Congrats to the @DESISurvey for winning the 2026 Berkeley Prize from the @aas_office 🏆. By creating the largest 3D map of….

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RT @NOIRLabAstro: The Trifid Nebula is giving major multitasker energy: part emission nebula, part reflection nebula, and part dark nebula.….

RT @SLAClab: #ICYMI the origin story of the world’s largest digital camera (that recently revealed its first images) as told by lead mechan….

Excited to announce that we were just awarded 3 KICK grants from the @KavliFoundation to work on new materials to detect dark matter, test pulsar radiation effects om detectors in space, and constrain inflation in the early universe!

We were seeing red (in a good way) last week during our stargazing event at the Stanford Student Observatory:

RT @VRubinObs: ☄️ Say hello to Comet 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our Solar System!. @NSF–@doescience Rubin Ob….

RT @SLAClab: We saw it too. ☄️ . Our LSST Camera, still in its commissioning phase, caught the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS back in June - s….

Vera Rubin, the namesake of @VRubinObs, was a trailblazer and prolific astronomer born on July 23rd, 1928. If you're interested in learning how she inspired the next generation of scientists, make sure to check out this 2017 article from @RisaWechsler:

RT @VRubinObs: It's like the holidays in July. our first week-long workshop after the first @NSF–@doescience Rubin Observatory image revea….

KIPAC scientists are excited to get our hands on data from @VRubinObs, and we had an event last week to help us analyze it! Our Rubin Data Exploration Day event had speakers and workshops for scientists of all career stages. Check out some photos from the event:

If you're interested in learning more about cosmic neutrino detectors, galactic magnetic fields, or the evolution of the cosmos, come check out our latest research highlight about the role particles play in the universe!

Peter Michelson was just recognized by the European Space Agency for his work on @NASAFermi, an instrument that has completely transformed high-energy astrophysics!

RT @VRubinObs: Our favorite kinds of fireworks are the cosmic kind 🌟🎆. Our #RubinFirstLook image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae has plent….

We had a great time talking to members of the public @calacademy this past weekend about how @VRubinObs is going to transform cosmology over the next decade! Sign up for our mailing list to hear about future events:

Over 600 people showed up at Hewlett to hear from KIPAC scientists about @VRubinObs at our special public lecture event on Tuesday! The full event is now on YouTube in case you missed it:

It's not too late to RSVP - join us tomorrow at 7pm in Hewlett or online to learn more about the groundbreaking images from @VRubinObs!.

RT @SLAClab: Did you hear⁉️ . More than 2,000 new asteroids have already been discovered by @VRubinObs - and we expect to find millions mo….

KIPAC is teaming up with @calacademy this Saturday to celebrate the First Look from @VRubinObs! 🤩 Join our scientists for short talks on how Rubin is uniquely poised to transform multiple sub-fields of astronomy. 🔭✨. More info:

RT @KavliFoundation: @VRubinObs's very first images using the world’s largest digital camera was featured on @CBSNews (@KPIXtv). @RisaWech….

Stunned by the first images released from the @VRubinObs? Join us on July 1 for a special event where key project leads and scientists share why this observatory is so special and how it will help us study the changing sky, and our own Milky Way. RSVP: