Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)
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Latest from KIPAC
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KIPAC Researchers Help Power the Simons Observatory’s Full Launch
Nov 10, 2026From a record-setting camera built with SLAC technology to maps of the Milky Way’s magnetic fields, Stanford and SLAC scientists are shaping what the observatory sees and what it will find. -
Bernardita Ried Guachalla Wins Dark Sky Defender Award South America
Nov 10, 2026Bernardita Ried Guachalla of South America receives the Dark Sky Defender Award, honoring efforts to advance DarkSky’s mission to preserve night skies across the six inhabited continents. -
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Reveals Its First Dwarf Planet Candidate in Our Solar System
Oct 27, 2026The candidate orbits our Sun beyond Pluto, and may be among the largest and brightest objects discovered in this region of the Solar System.
Upcoming Events
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KIPAC Seminar: Toward a Holistic Picture of the Low-Mass Baryon Cycle
Ava Polzin (Univ. of Toronto)Campus, Varian 206-Campus, Varian 206 -
KIPAC Tea Talk: Electromagnetic Precursors to Binary Neutron Star Mergers / Revealing the Magnetic Field Structure of M83 using Optical Polarimetry
Jasmine Parsons (Princeton University) / Divya Mishra (Texas A&M University)Campus, PAB 102/103-Campus, PAB 102/103 -
Astrophysics Colloquium: The Hidden Physics of Cosmic Gas: From the Baryon Cycle to Turbulence and Feedback
Hsiao-Wen Chen (University of Chicago)Campus, PAB 102/103-Campus, PAB 102/103