Cutting-edge research by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicists is routinely featured in the media and in publications such as Nature, National Geographic, Science, Science News, Smithsonian and Scientific American. Following is a convenient list of downloadable “glossy” articles by UCSC Astronomers, about UCSC Astronomers, or including citations from UCSC Astronomers.

2009  |  2008  |  2007  |  2006  |  2005  |  2003  |  2002  | 2001  |  1997  |

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2009

Colliding White Dwarfs May Mimic Supernovae Used to Gauge Astronomical Distances, Scientific American, November 2009, Daniel Kasen, James Guillochon, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Mark Krumhoz: Rising Star, UCSC Review, November 2009

Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today, Popular Sciences, October 2009, Marla Geha (Alumni)

Race for The Heavens, Science, October 2009, Jerry Nelson

What Lies Beyond the Edge of the Unvierse -Cosmic Collision, Discover, October 2009, Anthony Aguirre

New Images and Spectra from a Rejuvenated Hubble, Science News, September 2009, Garth Illingworth

Gamma-Ray Bursts: Maybe not so old after all, Nature, August 2009, Enrico Ramier-Ruiz

Exploring Dark Matter with Milky Way Substructure, Science , August 2009, Piero Madau

Stars Go Kaboom, Spilling Cosmic Secrets, Science News, August 2009, Daniel Kasen and Stan Woosley

The diversity of type la supernovae from broken symmetries, Nature, August 2009, Daniel Kasen and Stan Woosley

Fermi Detecting Gamma-Ray Pulsars, Science, July 2009, UCSC physicists and astronomers are coauthors of three major papers in this issue of the journal.

History channel films scenes for 'The Universe' at Boardwalk, Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 2009, Greg Laughlin

The role of black holes in galaxy formation and evolution, Nature, July 2009, Sandra Faber

Built to last - Tiny star's giant planet a 'spare gas tank', Planet Quest, July 2009, Greg Laughlin

Pioneers of the dark, National Post, June 2009, Sandra Faber

Hubble's Last upgrade - Two South Bay Women Provide Vital Links to Space Telescope, San Jose Mercury News, May 2009, Sandra Faber

Students Find Jupiter-sized Oddball Planet, Science Daily, April 2009, Greg Laughlin

The Formation of Massive Star Systems by Accretion, Nature, February 2009, Mark Krumholz

How "Hot" a Jupiter - The weather on HD80606B, Nature (Cover), January 2009, Greg Laughlin

Waltzing Quasars Provide Signpost to Merging Galaxies, Science, January 2009, DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey

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2008

A Billion-Particle Simulation of the Dark Matter Halo of the Milky Way, Breakthroughs 2008, Piero Madau

Clumps and Streams in the Local Dark Matter Distribution, Nature, August 2008, Piero Madau

An Infrared Ring Around the Magnetar SGR 190014, Nature, May 2008, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

The Genesis of Planets, Scientific America (Cover), May 2008, Douglas Lin

Homing in on Black Holes , Smithsonian, April 2008, Robert Irion

A Minimum Column Density of 1 g cm22 for Massive Star Formation, Nature, February 2008, Mark Krumholz
 
Galil Controllers Help Astronomers Peer into the Deepest Realms of the Universe, Galil Motion Control Inc., Sandra Faber

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2007

Competing Theories Proposed for Superbright Supernova, National Geographic News.Com, November 2007, Stan Woosley

Extrasolar Planets, The One that Got Away, Nature, September 2007, Jonathan Fortney

Red Giant Sun May Not Destroy Earth , National Geographic News.Com, September 2007, Jonathan Fortney
 
A Map of the Day-Night Contrast of the Extrasolar Planet HD 1897336, Nature, May 2007, Jonathan Fortney

Earth Likely to Relocate in Galactic Collision, National Geographic News.Com, May 2008, Greg Laughlin

"Hot Ice" Planet Discovered, Covered in "Solid Water," Experts Say, National Geogrpahic News.Com, Jonathan Fortney

The Cataclysmic Death of Stars, National Geographic Magazine, March 2007, Stan Woosley

Studies of Light and Shadow, Science News, February 2007, Sandra Faber
 

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2006

"Super-Earth" Discovered Orbiting Distant Star, National Geographic News.Com, March 2006, Greg Laughlin

Ancient Blast Comes to Light, Nature, March 2006, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

No supernovae associated with two long-duration - ray bursts, Nature, December 2006,  Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Rapid evolution of the most luminous galaxies during the first 900 million years, Nature, September 2006, Garth Illingworth

Is the next big thing too big?, Nature, March 2006, Garth Illingworth

Trouble at first light, Nature, April 2006, Piero Madau

Galaxies over the Latter Half of Cosmic Time, Hubble 2006 Science Year in Review,  Sandra Faber

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2005

"Earth's Bigger Cousin" Found Outside Solar System, National Geographic News.Com, June 2005, Steve Vogt and Greg Laughlin

An expanding radio nebula produced by a giant flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20 , Nature, April 2005, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

The formation of stars by gravitational collapse rather then competitive accretion, Nature, November 2005, Mark Krumholz

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2003

Galaxy Hunters - The Search for Cosmic Dawn, National Geographic Magazine, February 2003, Sandra Faber
 
The elemental abundance pattern in a galaxy at z = 2.626, Nature, May 2003, Jason Prochaska

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2002

The heavens at your fingertips, Nature, November 2002, Sandra Faber
 

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2001

Solar System Like Earth's Discovered in Big Dipper, National Geographic News.Com, August 2001, Steve Vogt and Greg Laughlin

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1997

Anaemia Reveals Star's Great Age, Nature, January 1997, Mike Bolte

 

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