UC Riverside-led study provides new insight into why galaxies stop forming stars Scientists get best measure yet of how fast star formation stopped in galaxy clusters in the early universe RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Clusters of galaxies are rare regions of … Continued
COSMIC THURSDAYS, a series of public and free talks on astronomy, continue during Fall 2018. The talks are designed with the general audience in mind, they are fun, easy to understand, and engaging. Date: Thursday, October 25 – 6:30 PM Speaker: Prof. Simeon Bird … Continued
Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery Discovery Links Early Opaque Universe to Galaxy Scarcity RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A team of astronomers led by George D. Becker at the … Continued
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCR announces its call for K-12 public schools to request an ASTRO workshop for Fall 2018 (October through December). Workshops have been implemented for over three years under the supervision of Dr. Mario De Leo-Winkler, an astrophysicist whose … Continued
Prepare to see the red planet up close this summer. Mars will reach opposition with the sun in late July, while observers on Earth will have their closest view of the planet since 2003 and until 2035. During opposition, Mars … Continued
Team led by UC Riverside graduate student Mohamed Elhashash designed a new cosmological tool for “weighing” galaxy clusters A New Cosmological Tool for “Weighing” Galaxy Clusters Most of the matter in the universe is made up of “dark matter”. Unlike ordinary baryonic matter, … Continued