astronomy and space sciences

Three faculty named 2022 Fellows of American Astronomical Society

January 5, 2022

Parker Solar Probe touches the sun — a first for any spacecraft

December 14, 2021

A discovery experience for each undergrad? New initiative sets the goal

December 9, 2021

Spoiler alert: Aliens were not signaling us from Proxima Centauri

October 26, 2021

UC Berkeley scientists to lead NASA’s newest space telescope

October 25, 2021

Planet maven Shannon Curry takes over MAVEN mission to Mars

September 14, 2021

Yao, Margutti honored with Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prizes

September 9, 2021

NASA sweetens the pot: Team wins competition to make space sugar

August 24, 2021

‘Blue’ and ‘Gold’ satellites headed to Mars in 2024

August 23, 2021

$1.5 million grant will improve wildfire spotting from the air and space

July 21, 2021

A machine learning breakthrough uses satellite images to improve lives

July 20, 2021

Galactic gamma ray bursts predicted last year show up on schedule

July 13, 2021

Black hole at center of swirling new women-in-science mural

June 30, 2021

Axions — if they exist — could tell us about first seconds after Big Bang

June 9, 2021

Do lightning storms affect high-flying satellites?

May 27, 2021

Experiments validate the possibility of helium rain in Jupiter and Saturn

May 26, 2021