2017 News
April 17, 2025
Mandel Lecture 2018
May 24, 2018
Astrophysicist Jedidah Isler will give annual Mandel Lecture on June 7
Astronomers find an exoplanet atmosphere free of clouds
May 07, 2018
An international team of astronomers has detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to better understand what lies at the outer reaches of our galaxy.
Grant to transform upper floor of Science and Engineering Library
March 08, 2018
A $5 million grant will kick-start the Science and Engineering Library’s transformation and name floor to honor legendary astrophysicist Sandra Faber
UCSC astronomer Alexie Leauthaud wins Sloan Research Fellowship
February 15, 2018
The Sloan Research Fellowships honor early-career scholars whose achievements mark them as among the very best scientific minds working today.
Earliest galaxies in the universe spin like the Milky Way
January 10, 2018
Astronomers looking back to a time soon after the big bang have discovered swirling gas in some of the earliest galaxies to have formed in the universe.
Neutron star merger observations hailed as scientific breakthrough of the year
January 08, 2018
Both Science and Physics World noted the significance of the findings in which UC Santa Cruz astronomers played a key role.
Supermassive black holes control star formation in large galaxies
January 01, 2018
Astronomers found a close correlation between the mass of a galaxy's central black hole and its star formation history.
