August 13, 2015
The newly discovered planet orbits a nearby star a lot like our own, though brighter and much younger at just 20 million years old. And the planet is a gas giant, like Jupiter, but hotter and even younger than its star. Because the new planet and its star resemble an…
December 8, 2020
The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego announced that its new Expanse supercomputer formally entered service for researchers following a program review by the National Science Foundation, which awarded SDSC a grant in mid-2019 to build the innovative system.
April 15, 2021
In December 2016, a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino hurtled to Earth from outer space at close to the speed of light. Deep inside the ice sheet at the South Pole, it smashed into an electron and produced a particle that quickly decayed into a shower of secondary particles.
March 16, 2017
…fascinated by aviation and astronomy. He became a pilot and earned his Ph.D. with the intention of becoming an astronaut. While he didn’t end up traveling to space, he credits that early vision with motivating him to get to where he is now: exploring the universe as an astrophysicist at…
July 16, 2019
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) worth $10 million to deploy Expanse, a new supercomputer designed to advance research that is increasingly dependent upon heterogeneous and distributed resources.
August 14, 2020
A series of simulations using multiple supercomputers, including Comet at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, suggests that when the neutron stars’ masses are different enough, the result is far noisier, making them easier to detect.
September 24, 2014
Keith Brueckner, University of California, San Diego’s founding physicist, died September 19. He was 90.
March 18, 2021
…technology pioneer Ching Tang, astrophysicist James Gunn and acclaimed stage director Ariane Mnouchkine, pictured here at a presentation ceremony in 2020. Kyoto Prize Honors Historic Contributions to Science and Culture UC San Diego Extension hosts Livestream of international symposium James Gunn Established by Japanese philanthropist Kazuo Inamori, the Kyoto Prize…
August 21, 2017
…San Diego’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences became amateur daytime sky watchers on Monday, flying to different states to experience firsthand the wonders of the first total eclipse in the United States since 1979. Amazing! Totality in Rickreall, OR. The crickets chirped and it got cold, sensory overload. #Eclipse2017…
October 26, 2017
…Ames She works as…an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, searching for planets that orbit nearby stars. The best part of her day is…I really enjoy public outreach. I didn’t have many role models when I was young, and so my career path was untraditional and tough at times.…
