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Why is the Artemis II Mission Landing off the Coast of San Diego?
We asked Aaron Rosengren, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and an expert on spacecraft orbits between Earth and its moon, to explain why San Diego was chosen as the end point of the Artemis II mission.
An Asteroid Doesn’t Have to Hit Earth to Cause Catastrophe
A less-known threat can dramatic consequences for human civilization: a collision between a large asteroid and the moon. The debris from such a collision would damage satellites that underpin the infrastructure for everything from telecommunications, to defense, to navigation here on Earth.
Ask a Scientist: How Do the Polar Regions Impact You?
We caught up with glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker to learn about the latest research underway at the Scripps Polar Center, how changes at the poles are felt across the globe, and why federal support for science is essential to public safety and national security.
UC San Diego Launches the FORGE to Power a New Era of National Security Innovation
UC San Diego is stepping in to pair urgent defense priorities with the people and ideas best suited to solve them. A new initiative launched this year — the FORGE — is designed to position the university and the San Diego region at the forefront of a national shift in how innovation happens.
How Big Can a Planet Be? With Very Large Gas Giants, It Can Be Hard to Tell
The largest gas giants in our galaxy blur the line between planets and brown dwarfs. How do these very large gas giants form? UC San Diego researchers used spectral data from the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the HR 8799 star system, leading to a surprising answer to this longstanding question
In the Media
Building blocks of the Solar System: A conversation with Meenakshi Wadhwa on Asteroid Day
National Academy of Sciences, June 30
The government’s UFO files are being released. We asked scientists what they think we’ll learn.
CBS News, May 8
The hunt for extraterrestrial life enters a new frontier
The Wall Street Journal, April 23
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