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A teal cosmic map of the universe on a black background. Earth is at the center of this thin slice of the full map. There is a magnified section showing the underlying structure of matter in our universe. Two men seated at a table with computer monitors in the background, discussing a 3 x 14 inch plate mounted with a strip of gray metal and a strip of copper metal with wires protruding from the ends. Close-up of the U.S.-built HL-LHC magnet with signatures and a U.S. flag. Cover image for the 2023 P5 Report. An illustration of a blue and purple light coming out of a black hole. Two light beams are jutting out from the center toward the edges of the frame. The beam on the left is filled with moving blue orbs and the beam on the right is filled with two larger orbs containing small galaxy depictions. Telescopes at the South Pole against starry skies. NGC 520, one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the Siena Galaxy Atlas. Brian Quiter (left) and Kushant Patel test the physical coupling of a radiation imaging system with a Boston Dynamics Spot Robot. This artist’s rendering shows LuSEE-Night atop the Blue Ghost spacecraft scheduled to deliver the experiment to the far side of the moon. The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Looped GIF of wire winding. Members of the team that conducted the research in the Lab.