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That Supermassive Black Hole in our Galaxy? It has a Friend.
Smadar Naoz is an associate professor of physics and astronomy…
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New NASA image provides more details about first observed interstellar comet
A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides…
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Activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim wins Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators
The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability presented…
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UCLA astronomer gets best look at first comet from outside our solar system
David Jewitt, a UCLA professor of planetary science and astronomy,…
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Black hole at the center of our galaxy appears to be getting hungrier
The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having…
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Einstein’s general relativity theory is questioned but still stands ‘for now,’ team reports
More than 100 years after Albert Einstein published his iconic…
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Air quality app influences behavior by linking environment to health
Nine out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air and…
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Physical Sciences Dean Miguel GarcÃa-Garibay has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Miguel GarcÃa-Garibay, dean of the UCLA Division of…
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Mathematician named a Great Immigrant by Carnegie Corporation
Terence Tao, professor of mathematics, who holds…
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Creating electricity from snowfall and making hydrogen cars affordable
Professor Richard Kaner and researcher Maher El-Kady have…