UCR Astronomers Receive NSF Grant to Perform Large Galaxy Survey
Profs. Naveen Reddy, Brian Siana, and Bahram Mobasher (in collaboration with three other co-PIs) have been awarded an NSF grant and 44 nights on the Keck I telescope to conduct a large survey of high redshift galaxies with the new … Continued
UCR Astronomer Measures Extragalactic Background Light
Postdoctoral scholar Alberto Dominguez used the attenuation of gamma-rays from distant quasars to measure the elusive extragalactic background light.
UCR Astronomer Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Prof. Naveen Reddy has been awarded a 2013 Sloan Research Fellowship.
Astronomy and Astrophysics listed as one of the majors with lowest unemployment rates
Good news for our undergrads: A study by the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce found that Astronomy and Astrophysics graduates face a zero percent unemployment rate.Click here to see a sortable table published by the Wall Street Journal that lists … Continued
UCR Astronomers Featured in Lick Observatory Outreach Video
UCR astronomers talk about the things that drive them to study the mysteries of the universe.
Space Blob Glows from Within
New observations with the Very Large Telescope reveal that a massive glowing gas cloud known as a “Lyman-α Blob” is likely powered from a galaxy forming within it.