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Astronomers make history in a split second with localization of fast radio burst
June 27, 2019
In a world first, an international team of astronomers has determined the precise location of a powerful one-off burst of cosmic radio waves known as a fast radio burst.
Steck Award honoree delves into the mysteries of supernovae
June 9, 2019
Tin Long Sunny Wong has been gazing at the stars and studying celestial bodies since he was a middle-school student in Hong Kong. This year, his study of supernovae earned him a Steck Family Award, honoring the most outstanding senior research project
Gifts accelerate research, from the galactic to the microscopic
June 4, 2019
Gifts from Ken and Gloria Levy support biomedical discovery that may help cancer patients as well as research on dark matter halos, some of the universe’s largest structures
Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz appointed to endowed chair for diversity in astronomy
May 24, 2019
The May 22 investiture ceremony honored Ramirez-Ruiz as the inaugural holder of the Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy.
Astrophysicist Natalie Batalha will give annual Mandel Lecture on June 5
May 23, 2019
Free public talk will focus on Batalha's research on exoplanets and the search for life on other planets.
First Faculty Ethics Bowl at UC Santa Cruz to focus on the future
May 10, 2019
What role should thinking about the far future—1,000 years ahead and beyond—play in research on campus? That’s the key question that will be discussed at "Ethics and the Far Future"--the first UC Santa Cruz Faculty Ethics Bowl.
Ancient galaxies reveal new clues about a cosmic transformation
May 8, 2019
The unexpected brightness of early galaxies may explain "reionization," a transformative epoch in the history of the universe.
Astronomers assemble wide view of the evolving universe
May 2, 2019
A team led by UC Santa Cruz astronomer Garth Illingworth used 16 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations to create a new portrait of the distant universe.
Alumni Weekend 2019: Slugs in the mist
April 30, 2019
More than a thousand people, including 560 alumni, converged on the hilly forested campus for Alumni Weekend 2019, complete with thought-provoking lectures, snacks, free Slug Taxis, a fond farewell, and dancing into the night.
Sandra Faber receives American Philosophical Society's Magellanic Premium Medal
April 29, 2019
Faber was honored for her transformative research on galaxy formation and evolution.
UC Santa Cruz hosts summer program on machine learning in astronomy
April 19, 2019
The Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics brings together an international group of scientists and students for a six-week program of learning and research.
Astronomer Natalie Batalha elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 17, 2019
The academy's class of 2019 also includes UCSC alumnus Joe Palca, as well as Michelle Obama and Jonathan Franzen.
