Grad student awarded prestigious NASA fellowship
Graduate student Ali Ahmad Khostovan [Physics and Astronomy Department, UC Riverside] has been awarded the prestigious NASA Earth & Space Sciences Fellowship, handed by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The fellowships are given to qualified candidates who have submitted proposals that match … Continued
Asteroid Day – Events at UC Riverside
Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we can do to protect our planet, families, communities, and future generations from … Continued
Hungry Monsters – Public Talk
COSMIC THURSDAYS, a series of public and free talks on astronomy subjects continues during Spring 2016. The talks are designed with the general audience in mind, they are fun, easy to understand and engaging. The last talk of the series: Thursday June 9 … Continued
A Mammoth Cluster of Galaxies Sighted in the Early Universe
By: National Optical Astronomy Observatory News Astronomers have uncovered evidence for a vast collection of young galaxies 12 billion light years away. The newly discovered “proto-cluster” of galaxies, observed when the universe was only 1.7 billion years old (12% of … Continued
Quasars & Black Holes – Public Talk
COSMIC THURSDAYS, a series of public and free talks on astronomy subjects continues during Spring 2016. The talks are designed with the general audience in mind, they are fun, easy to understand, and engaging. The second talk of the series: Thursday May 26 … Continued
Focus on the Universe – Picture Exhibition
Southern California has an extraordinary history of fantastic astrophotographers. Due to a very big community of amateur astronomers, glorious weather, and beautiful natural surroundings, top quality astrophotography has always been associated with California. The University of California, Riverside, through a National Science Foundation grant … Continued