The STAR Detector (IMAGE) DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Caption The Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR), which weighs 1,200 tons and is as large as a house, is used to search for signatures of the quark-gluon plasma, and to measure the behavior of other exotic matter. Credit Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.