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Orbital physics is child's play with 'Super Planet Crash’

UCSC Astronomers Discover Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz's supercomputer lab for undergrads

UCSC acquires powerful new astrophysics supercomputer system

Lightning storm over San Francisco Bay from Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton (Image courtesty of L. Hatch © )

SN 1006 Supernova Remnant (Hubble)

UCSC researchers use the Hubble Space Telescope and computer simulations to understand the atmospheres of other worlds

Annual Graduate Student Observational Astronomy Workshop at Lick Observatory. 2009 (Image courtesty of L. Hatch © )

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Sandy Faber and President Obama

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October 16, 2017First observations of merging neutron stars mark a new era in astronomy
October 10, 2017Lick Observatory hosts Latino students and parents for night of astronomy

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