What do the smallest known particles and the structure and origins of the entire universe have in common? “Connections: From Quarks to the Cosmos” is dedicated to bringing together particle physics, nuclear physics, gravitational physics, and astrophysics to answer some of the biggest questions: where it all came from, why it took the shape it did, and what its future might bring.

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The briefing book used by leaders of the Connections group to give NASA, DOE, and NSF an overview of this field’s questions and the various approaches to finding the answers.

Miami 2005: a topical conference on particle physics and cosmology, will be held 14-18 December 2005.

Explore and Discover For everyone who has gazed into the night sky and wondered...

Learn and Share Technical Information Resources for scientists who are (or are considering) working in this field. (Under construction)

The Partners' Pages Selected pages on the subject by the three major participants in this joint effort—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation—and the institutions and investigators they support.

Birth of a New Science Watershed events in the history of the Connections effort.

Administrative Information Legal notices, acknowledgements of support and other expressions of gratitude, and addresses to which comments should be directed.

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