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Leading the charge for change
March 10, 2019
Alumna Amita Kuttner, a current graduate student in astrophysics, is running as a Green Party candidate for a seat in Canada’s House of Commons in order to make policy around climate change—a quest sparked by a devastating loss
UCSC to bring art/science LASER series downtown for special evening at Rio Theater
March 1, 2019
On Tuesday, March 12, the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz will bring its local LASER—now in its sixth year of quarterly talks on campus—downtown for a special evening at the Rio Theater.
In memoriam: Irene Osterbrock
February 20, 2019
Widow of late Lick Observatory director was tireless UC Santa Cruz advocate, volunteer, supporter of graduate students, and arts patron
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz wins AAS/HEAD Mid-Career Prize
February 12, 2019
The 2019 HEAD Mid-Career Prize recognizes Ramirez-Ruiz "for his key contributions to our physical understanding of transient phenomena involving compact objects."
Three UCSC undergrads honored for presentations at national astronomy meeting
February 5, 2019
Three UCSC undergraduates were among the winners of the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards at the American Astronomical Society meeting.
MaNGA data release includes detailed maps of thousands of nearby galaxies
January 29, 2019
Major data release from Sloan Digital Sky Survey includes galaxy maps, new data access and visualization tools, and a huge 'stellar library'.
Waves in Saturn's rings give precise measurement of planet's rotation rate
January 18, 2019
Saturn's ring system acts as a sensitive seismograph, enabling scientists to measure the giant planet's vibrations and determine its rotation rate.
In Memoriam: Arnold Klemola (1931–2019)
January 17, 2019
Arnold Klemola, a long-time staff researcher at UC Observatories, passed away on January 5, 2019. He was 87.
Seed-funding innovation
January 15, 2019
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees seeks interesting new projects to fund.
Kepler telescope captures extraordinary observations of a star's death throes
November 30, 2018
Kepler's observations of the supernova known as SN 2018oh showed an unexpected fast rise in brightness that may be an important clue to understanding the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae, which cosmologists use to study the expansion of the universe and dark energy.
