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A collage of a telescope over a orange, star-filled sky

Building a Giant 2D Map of the Universe to Prepare for the Largest 3D Map

Screenshot - A spiral galaxy, viewed with the Sky Viewer tool. (Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys)

Study: Could Dark Matter Be Hiding in Existing Data?

Image - This image, produced by the Millennium-II Simulation, shows the evolution of dark matter in the universe. (Credit: Milennium-II Simulation)

From Moon Rocks to Space Dust: Berkeley Lab's Extraterrestrial Research

Photo - A blue crystal recovered from a meteorite that fell near Morocco in 1998. The scale bar represents 200 microns (millionths of a meter). Such crystals, which have been studied at Berkeley Lab, have been found to contain liquid water and complex organic compounds. (Credit: Queenie Chan/The Open University, U.K.)

Mapping a Mystery: New Instrument will Drill Down on Dark Energy Details

Photo - Kitt Peak National Observatory at dusk. DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, is housed within the Mayall Telescope dome (right). (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

RHIC Springs a Surprise

A collision of gold nuclei