Young science learners enjoy the cryo show during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Young science learners enjoy the cryo show during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Brinn Ruiz | Jefferson Lab)

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Brinn Ruiz | Jefferson Lab)

A deer peeks out from the woods along the Jefferson Lab campus in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Brinn Ruiz | Jefferson Lab)

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Brinn Ruiz | Jefferson Lab)

Colored light reflects off metallic surface details inside the SNS-PPU cryomodule at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday Dec. 15, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Staff Computer Scientist III Alicia Hofler, left, chats with attendees inside the ARC accelerator tunnel during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Detector & Imaging Staff Scientist Eric Christy chats with attendees during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

University of Paris-Saclay postdoc Pierre Chatangnon presets “How Strong is the Strong Force” during the Quark Tank competition held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

This event is JLab’s version of "Shark Tank" - Quark Tank! SLAM is short-talk competition challenging post-doc contestants to present a compelling 3-minute presentation on their research that a non-specialist can understand.

The winner will be Jefferson Lab's representative that will compete against contestants from the sixteen other national labs on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15. There, contestants will educate U.S. government policymakers and their staff about the key role our labs play in the nation's innovation ecosystem and their impact on the nation.

Young science learners enjoy the cryo show during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Science Education Administrator Rhonda Bell performs the cyro show during the Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Physicist Andrew Hutton speaks to the crowd during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Cryogenic Engineering Group Leader Jonathan Creel, right, talks with attendees during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

CEBAF Operability Deputy Daniel Moser, left, chats with attendees inside the ARC of the accelerator tunnel during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Young science learners enjoy the cryo show during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Science Education Administrator Rhonda Bell performs the cyro show during the Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Young science learners enjoy the cryo show during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Young science learners enjoy the cryo show during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Examples of Dimensional Entities as captured in Australian Night Sky in May 2011, these units are less than 8km from the camera traveling slowly across the starry night scape.

Shot with Sony HDR-SR12E in super nightshot mode, 54X telephoto optics

United States Department of Energy’s 14th Secretary of Energy, from 2017 to 2019, Rick Perry visits Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Feb. 21, 2018. (Jefferson Lab)

Injector Scientist Yan Wang poses for a photograph next to the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) injector site and newly installed quarter cryomodule at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

CEBAF's injector originates the electron beam, establishes its special characteristics, and then injects it into the accelerator.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Jefferson Lab Director, Stuart Henderson, center, along with event speakers attach symbolic ribbon onto the backdrop during the Applied Research Center (ARC) ribbon-tying event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Lead Mechanical Engineer-Cryo Shirley Yang, right, chats with attendees during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Science Education Administrator Rhonda Bell performs the cyro show during the Open House. Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

The 37th Jefferson Lab Run-A-Round held for employees and their family members at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, May, 30, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics Cynthia “Thia” Keppel chats with attendees during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Ocean Lakes High School Team One members react during the Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.

From left: University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) Physics Professor Liping Gan, UNCW postdoc Laveen Puthiya Veetil, undergraduate student Ben Simpson, and UNCW undergraduate student Shane Whaley pose for a photo inside the Hall D detector at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on June 7, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hall D is dedicated to the operation of a large-acceptance detector for experiments with a broad-band, linearly-polarized photon beam produced by ~12 GeV electrons from CEBAF.

CEBAF Operability Deputy Daniel Moser chats with attendees inside the ARC of the accelerator tunnel during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Systems Administrator Paul Letta chats with visitors about the Data Center during the Jefferson Lan 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Local middle school students partake in the “Stay All Day” activities after being eliminated from the Virginia Regional Science Bowl which was held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.