Hyades Supercomputer Reveals Why Sibling Stars Look Alike
A newly published study details how astronomers from UC Santa Cruz used supercomputer simulations to trace the mixing of chemical elements in star-forming clouds, finding…
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UCSC Study Details the Destruction of a Star as It Falls into a Black Hole
A newly published study details what happens during the destruction of a star as it falls into a black hole, explaining why observers might fail…
Radiation of Distant Quasar Reveals a Filament of the Cosmic Web
Using the Keck I Telescope, a team of astronomers viewed part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies in a cosmic web. Astronomers…
New Device Produces Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight and Wastewater
By combining a microbial fuel cell and a type of solar cell called a photoelectrochemical cell, researchers from UC Santa Cruz have developed a hybrid…
Cassini Reveals a Rigid and Weathered Ice Shell on Titan
Using new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists from UC Santa Cruz discovered a negative correlation between the gravity and topography signals on Titan, indicating…
3D+2D Television Allows for Simultaneous 3D and 2D Watching
Engineers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a 3D+2D television that that combines both 2D and 3D, allowing viewers with stereo glasses to see three-dimensional…
Emission Spectrum From Blazar PKS 1424+240 Deviates From Expectations
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers noticed that the emission spectrum from blazar PKS 1424+240 deviated from what was expected, possibly indicating something…
Tau Ceti May Host a Habitable Planet
By combining more than six-thousand observations from three different instruments and using new data modeling techniques, an international team of astronomers greatly improved the sensitivity…
