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3 Knowns and 3 Unknowns about Dark Matter

Image - A composite image of the "bullet cluster," a galaxy cluster formed by a collision of two clusters. The pink clumps show hot gas containing most of the normal matter, while the two blue clumps reveal where most of the mass in the clusters is actually contained. This provides evidence for dark matter since most of the mass was expected to be concentrated around the pink areas. (Credit: X-ray image by NASA/CXC/M.Markevitch et al.; optical image by NASA/STScI, Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.; lensing map image by NASA/STScI, ESO WFI, Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.)

$40M to Establish New Observatory Probing Early Universe

Photo - The Simons Array will be located in Chile's High Atacama Desert, at an elevation of about 17,000 feet. The site currently hosts the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (bowl-shaped structure at upper right) and the Simons Array (the three telescopes at the bottom left, middle and right). The Simons Observatory will incorporate several new telescopes and set the stage for a next-generation experiment. (University of Pennsylvania)

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley Scientists to Participate in New NASA Space Telescope Project

Image - A rendering of NASA's WFIRST with a background image of a spiral galaxy and supernova.

New Galaxy-hunting Sky Camera Sees Redder Better

Explore Galaxies Far, Far Away at Internet Speeds

Supernova Twins: Making Standard Candles More Standard Than Ever

DESI, an Ambitious Probe of Dark Energy, Achieves its Next Major Milestone

Supernova Hunting with Supercomputers

A Hot Start to the Origin of Life?

Is Interstellar’s Science So Stellar?

Berkeley Lab Scientists Recipients of 2015 Breakthrough Prizes

Dark Energy Survey Opens Second Season with Catalog of Stunning Deep-Space Images