astronomy

A UCLA-led study shows that stars merging through collisions may explain how supermassive black holes formed so early in time.

Rene Ong is looking for an invisible particle as old as time. If he can find even the traces it leaves behind, we would be one step closer to understanding how the universe really works.

UCLA professor Amy Mainzer talks about our sun’s remarkable star quality — and offers a playlist for your solar eclipse soundtrack.

Bruin scholars Eric Becklin, Martin Gilens and Craig Manning exemplify how UCLA research continues to power progress across disciplines.

Faculty Bulletin Board is a biweekly a snapshot of the many ways Bruin scholars and researchers are advancing knowledge, shaping their fields and powering progress on campus and around the world.

The most detailed images ever captured of another planet’s subsurface have revealed the buried remains of an ancient river delta in Jezero crater.

David Clewett, Pradip Gatkine and Juliana Londoño-Vélez are among 126 scholars across the United States and Canada selected for the prestigious award.

The discovery confirms that they are not brown dwarfs.

UCLA’s department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences fieldwork immerses students in discovery.

It is the first time the novel imaging technique has been used on telescopes.

The presidential administration’s approach would choke American science, and researchers — especially the emerging generation — would not survive the cuts.

Water and gas react under intense heat and pressure in the atmospheres of young Earth-to-Neptune-sized planets.

Giant exoplanets with elliptical orbits and smaller planets with nearly circular orbits formed along different pathways.

Six faculty members have been named recipients of the award, which is among the most competitive and prestigious available to early-career researchers.

The jet is tens of millions of times larger than the supermassive black hole’s event horizon.

The researchers have published studies that are cited most often by other scholars in their fields.

Radiation from dark matter may have kept hydrogen gas hot enough to condense into black holes instead of stars.

As the NEOWISE spacecraft is shut down, its UCLA project leader readies NASA’s next study on near-Earth objects.

The proposed new definition contains quantifiable criteria that can be applied for defining planets in and outside our solar system.

The findings could unlock the most accurate clock ever and allow advances like deep space navigation, communication.

Fragments from the early cosmos help unravel the mystery of our solar system’s birth.

The harm excessive light causes animals and humans, plus mitigation solutions, are detailed in a new report.

Today, on what would have been the Italian astronomer’s 460th birthday, we revisit one of Newsroom’s most-read stories.

If cold dark matter theories are correct, the Webb Space Telescope should find tiny, bright galaxies of early universe.

Discover how footballer–turned–astrophysicist Dakotah Tyler helped unveil the secrets of a distant exoplanet, which campus historical gems are hiding in plain sight and more.