Tag Archive for: Space Sciences

Photo of artist rendering of SO-2 star.

Einstein’s general relativity theory is questioned but still stands ‘for now,’ team reports

More than 100 years after Albert Einstein published his iconic…
New simulations suggest that carbon (C) routinely bonded with iron (Fe), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) deep within the magma ocean that covered Earth when it was young.

New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planets

  Most people behave differently when under extreme…
The galactic chimneys (yellow-orange areas extending vertically) are centered on the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center

  The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity.…
Photo of the UCLA team that built two NASA satellites to study space weather

UCLA students launch project that’s out of this world

Five years ago, a group of UCLA undergrads came together…
The launch of the UCLA-student-built ELFIN satellites

We have liftoff of student-built satellites

  For the dozens of UCLA students, faculty, staff…