Tag Archive for: Astronomy

X7 location relative to the supermassive black hole

A mysterious object is being dragged into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center

UCLA astronomers think the object, X7, might be debris cloud…
Kepler-186f

Are we alone in the universe? UCLA astronomers enlist the public to find out

Anyone can help classify radio signals that could reveal existence…
An image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb Space Telescope reveals birth of galaxies, how universe became transparent

UCLA astrophysicists shed light on how hydrogen fog burned away…

First underground radar images from Mars Perseverance Rover reveal some surprises

Unexpectedly tilted rock layers in the Jezero crater hint at…
Photo of Andrea Ghez

Andrea Ghez wins 2020 Nobel Prize in physics

Andrea Ghez, UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine…
A photo of Assistant Professor Wesley Campbell, UCLA Physics & Astronomy

UCLA physicists develop world’s best quantum bits

A team of researchers at UCLA has set a new record for…
A photo of space.
Photos of UCLA College professors Jose Rodriguez and Erik Petigura.

Two UCLA College faculty members awarded 2020 Sloan Research Fellowships

Two young UCLA College professors, and two others, are among…
Photo of orbits of the G objects at the center of our galaxy

Astronomers discover class of strange objects near our galaxy’s enormous black hole

Astronomers from UCLA’s Galactic Center Orbits Initiative…

That Supermassive Black Hole in our Galaxy? It has a Friend.

Smadar Naoz is an associate professor of physics and astronomy…