The Simons Observatory In The News

UC San Diego Cosmologists Ramp-Up Exploration of the Universe’s Origin, Evolution

Distinguished Professor Brian Keating and his team begin integration and testing of an advanced cryogenic telescope receiver for the Simons Observatory cosmology experiment. The UC San Diego high bay physics lab opens and the small aperture telescope (SAT) gets its first cool-down.
January 23, 2020 | By Stuart Volkow

Outreaching Science

Feature article on SO collaborator Nicholas Galtzki ( @astrodrnick ), UC San Diego, Physical Sciences News, October 17, 2019 | By Melissa Miller

SO COLLABORATOR Renée Hložek IS THE 2019-2021 CIFAR AZRIELI GLOBAL SCHOLAR

SO Collaborator Renée Hložek, of the University of Toronto has become a 2019-2021 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, September 4, 2019 | By Jon Farrow

In search of signals from the early universe

The large aperture telescope receiver (LATR) at the University of Pennsylvania, August 8, 2019 | By Erica K. Brockmeier

Simons foundation committment to UNDERSTAND UNIVERSE’S BEGINNING

Simons Foundation commits $20 million in quest to understand universe’s beginning, July 10, 2019 | By Liz Fuller-Wright, Princeton Office of Communications
Simons Foundation contributes $20M more to observatory exploring early Universe, July 9, 2019 | By Glenn Roberts Jr., Lawrence Berkeley Livermore Science Snapshots

A New Filter to Better Map the Dark Universe

New method developed by Berkeley Lab researchers cuts through galaxies’ messy emissions, provides clearer window into dark matter, dark energy, May 8 2019 |By News Release Glenn Roberts Jr.

BIG BANG TELESCOPE FINALE MARKS END OF AN ERA IN COSMOLOGY

With the end of Europe’s major Planck mission, researchers are moving to smaller projects studying different aspects of the cosmic microwave background, July 24, 2018 | By Davide CastelvecchiNature magazine

Cornell researchers build telescopes to measure universe’s earliest light

Meet the SO collaborators at Cornell, March 28, 2018 | By Rick Ryan

Penn Joins in $40 Million Grant to Establish Simons Observatory

University of Pennsylvania commitment to Simons Observatory collaboration, May 12, 2016 | By Evan Lerner

Princeton part of $40 million Simons Observatory collaboration to investigate the early universe

Princeton commitment to Simons Observatory collaboration, May 12, 2016 | By the Princeton Office of Communications