Cosmic Videos
Correcting the Twinkle with Adaptive Optics, with Dr. Antonin Bouchez
Temperature and pressure variations in the Earth’s atmosphere cause stars to appear to twinkle, and the images formed by all …
A Hilo Boy’s Journey of Becoming an Astronomer
Devin Chu is a postdoctoral researcher with the University of California at Los Angeles Galactic Center Group, working under the …
The Origin of Earth-Like Planets and Their Water
Earth’s extensive surface liquid water, which is unique among the terrestrial planets, is a key aspect of its suitability for …
Seven Years of High-Cadence Solar System Observations using the ‘Twilight Zone’
During morning twilight, as the sun begins to rise, the visible-wavelength sky rapidly becomes too bright to observe. The infrared …
A New Tool to Map Entire Galaxies
All the popular images of galaxies, while beautiful, do not provide adequate information for astronomers to measure the galaxies’ inherent …
Exploring the Pluto System and Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth with NASAʻs New Horizons
NASA’s New Horizons is the first spacecraft to successfully explore the Pluto System and a Kuiper Belt Object named Arrokoth, …
A Stretching Gas Cloud and Other Dusty Objects that Orbit Close to the Galactic Black Hole
The Supermassive Black Hole (SBH) at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a dense cluster of …
Shadow the Scientists – Research as a Spectator Sport
The Shadow the Scientists (StS) initiative out of UC Santa Cruz offers the opportunity for students anywhere in the world …
NASA: Exploring the Secrets of the Universe and Improving Life on Earth
Ever since NASA was established in 1958, expanding human knowledge of Earth, atmospheric phenomena, and space has been NASA’s priority …
Intergalactic Immigration
The majority of atoms in the Milky Way, including on our planet, did not originate within our own galaxy and …
First Images of Exoplanets With the Webb Telescope and a Look Forward to Keck’s New Exoplanet Imager
This past summer at UC Santa Cruz, an international team of astronomers assembled to produce the first images and spectra …
Getting a Sharp Look at Dark Matter
Look around you. Everything that is familiar to us, what we would call “normal” matter, makes up just a tiny …
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