Tag Archive for: Astronomy

Illustration of a planet in orbit on an elliptical path

UCLA astrophysicists identify distinct developmental journey of eccentric planets

An illustration representing high-resolution microscopic images derived from diffraction patterns by an algorithm

25 years of UCLA College physicist John Miao’s computational imaging breakthroughs

Surrounded by stars and galaxies, the galaxy M87, with a linear “jet” emitting from the center, is seen from a distance as captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from black hole

A photo of Pradip Gatkine in a red, white and black shirt in front of Royce Hall superimposed on a blue background.

When Venus and the sun aligned

Interstellar curiosity led Pradip Gatkine to UCLA Courtesy…
A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light.

Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe

A meteorite fragment against a white background with an out-of-view overhead light source creating a shadow as the base of it.

Iron meteorites hint that our infant solar system was more doughnut than dartboard