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We’re Going Back to the Moon! Here’s Where We Might Land

A new National Academy of Sciences report co-led by a Scripps Oceanography geologist recommends four locations as candidates for the next landing of a crewed mission to the moon.

What Is a Neutrino Anyway? A Look at the Science Behind This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics

UC San Diego Professor of Physics George Fuller studies elementary particle astrophysics. He worked with Nobel laureate Francis Halzen on an early paper on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Now Fuller answers our questions: What are neutrinos? And why study them in the South Pole?

Behind Nobel-Winning IceCube Science Lies a Decade of SDSC Computing Expertise

A long-standing collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego has helped provide the computing expertise and resources for the search for high-energy neutrinos from space, work recognized this week with the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Is Anyone Out There?

Curiosity drives almost all of us, and little sparks the imagination more than thinking about who might live among the stars.

Is the Universe Twisted? A New Check on a Possible Twist in the Universe’s Oldest Light

Even a small error in the orientation of a telescope’s polarization detectors can produce a false reading of cosmic birefringence. Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a method to test the relative polarization-angle calibration of different detector sets providing a crucial calibration check.

Why Is Discovering Exoplanets Important?

UC San Diego postdoc Aidan Gibbs explains why finding exoplanets, which orbit around stars other than our sun, can help us better understand our own solar system and home planet.