The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded a $5.4 million grant to the University of California Observatories (UCO) in 2023 to support a major expansion of the education and outreach programs at UC’s Lick Observatory. This funding provided Lick Observatory with an extraordinary opportunity to amplify its role in the STEM education pipeline, connecting diverse […]
From left to right: Devon Williams, Zoë Haggard and Jayke Nguyen–image J.Pollard Earlier this year, three University of California graduate students traveled to Hawaiʻi to take part in something very special—a week-long science education program in its 21st year called Journey Through the Universe. This is the first year that the University of California Observatories […]
We caught up with Judah Van Zandt UCLA grad student to ask him about his research on the Distant Giants survey and a sub-stellar companion to a nearby sun-like star. Question: From studying the architecture of other solar systems have you learned anything about how common or rare our solar system’s architecture is? Judah: After […]
Following the recent news story around the origins of elusive ultradiffuse galaxies we spoke with UCO affiliate astronomer Laura Sales, Associate Professor at UC Riverside and co-leader on this project about what direction this research will take next. Q: Can you give us the big picture – what is your research into ultradiffuse galaxies trying […]
