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UCLA scientists invite public to free eclipse-watching event
Public event, featuring filtered solar telescopes for safe viewing, will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 21.
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Astronomers find that the sun’s core rotates four times faster than its surface
Scientists had assumed the core was rotating at about the same speed as the surface, but this surprising observation might reveal what the sun was like when it formed.
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NASA selects UCLA alumna for 2017 astronaut candidate class
Jessica Watkins earned her Ph.D. in geology from UCLA in 2015.
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Life on Earth is used to gravity — so what happens to our cells and tissues in space?
UCLA Ph.D. student Andy Tay writes about a crucial a challenge to long-distance space travel — overcoming the long-term effects of microgravity on our bodies.
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Astronomers observe a dying red giant star’s final act
An international team of astronomers has observed a striking spiral pattern in the gas surrounding a red giant star called LL Pegasi and its companion star 3,400 light-years from Earth.
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Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve
A “baby” solar system 300 light-years away has given astrophysicists from UCLA and the Carnegie Institution for Science a rare peek at the formation of a planet.
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Dwarf star 200 light-years away contains life’s building blocks
A UCLA-led team of scientists discovered a white dwarf star in the constellation Boötes whose atmosphere is rich in carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen.
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Experiment resolves mystery about wind flows on Jupiter
UCLA’s Jonathan Aurnou and collaborators in Marseille, France, demonstrated that the planet’s jets likely extend thousands of miles below its visible atmosphere.
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The moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led research team reports
A UCLA-led research team reports that the moon is at least 4.51 billion years old and probably formed only about 60 million years after the birth of the solar system — 40 million to 140 million years earlier than had been thought.
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UCLA astronomers watch star clusters spewing out dust
The new observations confirm a long-standing theory that stars are copious producers of heavy elements.
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See the moon through a UCLA telescope Oct. 8
Scientists from the Institute for Planets and Exoplanets will offer free views of the moon from the roof of the Mathematical Sciences Building.
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Research resolves a debate over ‘killer electrons’ in space
New findings by a UCLA-led team of researchers answer a question about our space environment and will help scientists protect telecommunication and navigation satellites.
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Astronomers capture best view ever of disintegrating comet
The team, led by a UCLA researcher, used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to gather data on Comet 332P as it broke apart 67 million miles from Earth.
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UCLA astronomers make first accurate measurement of oxygen in distant galaxy
COSMOS-1908 is 12 billion light years away, which is “by far” the most distant galaxy scientists have accurately measured oxygen abundance in.
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A planet 1,200 light-years away is a good prospect for a habitable world
Kepler-62f could have atmospheric compositions that allow it to be warm enough to have surface liquid water, which would make it possible for the planet to support life.
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Astronomers confirm faintest early-universe galaxy ever seen
The researchers made the discovery using an effect called gravitational lensing to see the incredibly faint object, which was born just after the Big Bang.
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See Mercury from UCLA on May 9. Your next chance will be November 2019
Viewers will have the rare opportunity to watch Mercury glide slowly across the sun.
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Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet
The violent impact with a “planetary embryo” called Theia occurred approximately 100 million years after the Earth formed, UCLA geochemists and colleagues report.
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15 UCLA stories from 2015
UCLA Newsroom revisits some of our favorite news items from the year. Publishing resumes on Jan. 4.
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UCLA professor proposes simpler way to define what makes a planet
Jean-Luc Margot described a straightforward method that can be used to distinguish planets from other bodies like dwarf planets and minor planets.
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Jupiter-like planet discovered outside our solar system
A planet 100 light-years away that resembles a young Jupiter has been discovered by an international team of astronomers that includes six UCLA scientists.
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2 UCLA astronomers have key roles in development of world’s largest array of gamma-ray telescopes
Two UCLA astronomy professors are playing an important role in an international initiative to build the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
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Scientists’ discovery of zebra stripes in space resolves a half-century mystery
The finding is a major advance because the high-energy particles can be harmful for satellites and humans in space.
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UCLA-led NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres
NASA’s Dawn mission is observing the dwarf planet Ceres from 2,700 miles above its surface; the space agency has released new images and a video animation.
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Two large meteorites added to UCLA Meteorite Gallery
One of the new meteorites, found in Namibia and weighing in at 811 pounds, is now the largest meteorite in Los Angeles.
- Thursday, August 17, 2017