Skip to content

News

  • All news
  • UC Berkeley
  • Research

    • Subcategories in Research

      • Technology & engineering
      • Business & economics
      • Humanities
      • Mind & body
      • Politics & society
      • Science & environment
      • All Research

    • Top Stories in Research

      MyShake splash screen

      Science & environment

      California rolls out first statewide earthquake early warning system

    • Top Stories in Research

      UC Berkeley economist Ted Miguel in western Kenya, where he has studied the impact on deworming programs on children's health and education outcomes.

      Business & economics

      Economist Ted Miguel awakens to Nobel Prize dream — well, almost

    • Top Stories in Research

      a family looks towards metal bars marking the United States border where it meets the Pacific Ocean

      Politics & society

      Border walls don’t make us safer or stronger, says political scientist

  • People

    • Subcategories in People

      • Profiles
      • Awards
      • Milestones
      • All People

    • Top Stories in People

      UC Berkeley economist Ted Miguel in western Kenya, where he has studied the impact on deworming programs on children's health and education outcomes.

      Awards

      Economist Ted Miguel awakens to Nobel Prize dream — well, almost

    • Top Stories in People

      photo montage of Tina Sachs

      Profiles

      From Mississippi to Chicago to Belarus, ancestors guide her way

    • Top Stories in People

      Portrait of Walter Hood smiling with a architecture model on a desk in front of him

      Awards

      A genius by design: Berkeley CED professor named MacArthur Fellow

  • Campus & community

    • Subcategories in Campus & community

      • Campus news
      • Work life
      • Events at Berkeley
      • All Campus & community

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      an empty library

      Campus news

      Here’s the plan for makeup classes after last week’s power outage

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      UC Berkeley economist Ted Miguel in western Kenya, where he has studied the impact on deworming programs on children's health and education outcomes.

      Campus news

      Economist Ted Miguel awakens to Nobel Prize dream — well, almost

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      conceptual drawing of Heathcock Hall

      Campus news

      College of Chemistry to build new Heathcock Hall with gift of $25 million

  • Arts & culture
      • Performing arts
      • Literature
      • Film
      • Visual arts
      • Events calendar
      • All arts & culture

      • quilt

        Visual arts

        Nearly 3,000 quilts by African American artists now at BAMPFA

      • mapplethorpe's eyes projected on a screen with singers on stage

        Performing arts

        ‘Triptych’ is a meditation on provocative photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s work

      • Rinder in a sweater vest looks at the camera in a gallery

        Lawrence Rinder, director and chief curator of BAMPFA, to step down

  • Opinion
      • Berkeley Blog
      • Voices
      • All opinion

      • President Trump on stage

        Berkeley Blog

        How to beat Trump at his own game

      • high transmission power lines in the sunset

        Berkeley Blog

        Turning off the lights in California

      • Protest to tax the rich and save cuts to social welfare programs.

        Berkeley Blog

        How to make billionaires pay their fare share of taxes

MENU

Astronomy and space sciences

Courtney Dressing

Exoplanet hunter Courtney Dressing awarded...

October 17, 2019
ICON satellite

ICON’s mission to the ionosphere begins...

October 10, 2019
bright plumes on Jupiter

Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet’s...

August 22, 2019
rotating Jupiter

Jupiter’s annual portrait is a beaut

August 8, 2019
artistic impression of a star in the gravity field of a black hole

Milky Way’s central black hole puts...

July 25, 2019
twin TRACERS satellites orbiting Earth

Four Berkeley satellites could be exploring...

July 9, 2019
lander on moon's surface

Scientists scramble to build payload for 2021 moon...

July 2, 2019
Uranus and its rings

Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings

June 20, 2019
Gemini telescope

Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most...

June 12, 2019
molecular clouds in galaxy NGC300

Where do new stars form in galaxies?

May 24, 2019
stellar flyby

Exiled planet linked to stellar flyby 3 million...

February 28, 2019
artist's concept of tiny moon Hippocamp

Is Neptune’s newest moon a chip off the old block?

February 20, 2019
new views of Uranus and Neptune

Uranus and Neptune are more interesting than we...

February 7, 2019
capitol with shutdown banner

The shutdown and Berkeley: Q&A with Vice...

January 22, 2019
Cassini near Saturn

Saturn hasn’t always had rings

January 17, 2019
Photo of Dan Weisz

Young astronomer honored for research on smallest...

January 8, 2019

Top Stories

Courtney Dressing

Exoplanet hunter Courtney Dressing awarded 2019...

quilt

Nearly 3,000 quilts by African American artists...

MyShake splash screen

California rolls out first statewide earthquake...

Related Stories

UC Berkeley economist Ted Miguel in western Kenya, where he has studied the impact on deworming programs on children's health and education outcomes.

Economist Ted Miguel awakens to Nobel Prize dream...
conceptual drawing of Heathcock Hall

College of Chemistry to build new Heathcock Hall...

Trending now

  • Campus & communityconceptual drawing of Heathcock HallCollege of Chemistry to build new Heathcock Hall with gift of $25 million
  • ResearchMyShake splash screenCalifornia rolls out first statewide earthquake early warning system
  • Campus & communitySather GateCampus returns to normal power

VIDEOS

PODCASTS

Robinson, in a suit and tie, looks at the camera

If you ask for help, UC Berkeley’s attorney...

male students casts his ballot on campus

Berkeley Talks: Barbara Simons on election...

Browse

  • All news
  • Topics A-Z

Follow Us

  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Facebook
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Twitter
  • View UCBerkeleyOfficial’s profile on Instagram
  • View UCZAXKyvvIV4uU4YvP5dmrmA’s profile on YouTube
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Medium

About

  • About us
  • Contact the news team
  • Privacy Policy
  • Enroll in our online media training

Subscribe

  • Sign up for email news alerts
  • Subscribe to The Berkeleyan, our weekly email newsletter
University of California Berkeley
Copyright © 2019 UC Regents; all rights reserved
  • All news
  • UC Berkeley
  • Research
    • Technology & engineering
    • Business & economics
    • Humanities
    • Mind & body
    • Politics & society
    • Science & environment
    • All research
  • People
    • Profiles
    • Awards
    • Milestones
    • All people
  • Campus & community
    • Campus news
    • Work life
    • Events at Berkeley
    • All campus & community
  • Arts & culture
    • Performing arts
    • Visual arts
    • Film
    • Literature
    • All arts & culture
  • Opinion
    • Berkeley Blog
    • Voices
    • All opinion