New research reveals hidden processes at work in the hearts of large stars
astrophysics
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The American Astronomical Society honors an unlikely astrophysics leader from UC Santa Barbara -
KITP astrophysicists will use a supercomputer to explore the driving forces behind mass loss in massive stars -
A UCSB physics undergraduate fascinated with comets devises a strategy for defending Earth from potential impact -
Summer school teaches astrophysicists how to use an open source computational code developed at KITP -
Astronomers help with a discovery that enables a new way to study a distant supernova -
A newly appointed assistant professor in the Department of Physics receives a top prize for young physicists -
Is matter falling into the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way or being ejected from it? No one knows for sure, but a UC Santa Barbara astrophysicist is searching for an answer.
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Café KITP's debut featured astrophysicist Matteo Cantiello taking about "Music of the Spheres: The Secret Songs of Stars" -
Ben Mazin has taken the next step in astrophysical mapping by building the ARray Camera for Optical to Near-infrared Spectrophotometry. -
A UCSB physics team helped design, build and fill the water tank that houses the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. With 122 detector tubes, LUX is much more sensitive than its closest rival in the competitive field of dark-matter searches.... -
An international group of astronomers that includes UC Santa Barbara astrophysicist Crystal Martin and former UCSB postdoctoral researcher Nicolas Bouché has spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas.
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Thanks to Diana Dragomir we now know the true mass and size of HD 97658b, an exoplanet orbiting a bright star. -
Newly discovered dust plays an important role in the complex relationship between the black hole and its environment. -
The Planck space mission today has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents, and origins.
