Steven Kahn Maps Out the Project that will Map the Dark Universe

While many scientists spend entire careers on one subject or even a single question, not every scientist has the countenance to develop an experiment for two decades before it officially begins. The long wait doesn’t faze AAAS Fellow Steven Kahn.

Kahn, a professor of physics at Stanford University and a professor of particle physics and astrophysics at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is the director of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project, which plans to image the entire Southern Hemisphere night sky every few nights for 10 years. Initial ideas for the telescope emerged in the 1990s. Currently under construction in Chile, it is expected to begin its formal survey October 1, 2022.

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