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