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Lick Observatory honors Kenneth and Gloria Levy with inaugural James Lick Award

Sep 14, 2009 Kenneth and Gloria Levy will receive the James Lick Award in recognition of their generous support for the Automated Planet Finder telescope....

Variability of type 1a supernovae has implications for dark energy studies

Aug 12, 2009 A new study reveals sources of variability in type 1a supernovae that could affect the precision of cosmic distance measurements....

Astrophysicist establishes John Bahcall Award for top Mexican physics student

Aug 5, 2009 One of the top physics students in Mexico is spending this summer studying astrophysics at UCSC as the first winner of the John Bahcall Award....

UC astronomer cheers Mauna Kea selection as site for Thirty-Meter Telescope

Jul 22, 2009 A leading astronomer at UC Santa Cruz hailed the selection of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as the site for construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope....

UCSC scores high in competition for UC multi-campus research funding

Jul 21, 2009 Four research programs headquartered at UC Santa Cruz have received awards in the 2009 UC Multi-Campus Research Programs and Initiatives Competition (MRPI). ...

Apollo 11 anniversary: Lick Observatory scientist recalls experiment 40 years ago

Jul 20, 2009 Forty years ago, Apollo 11 astronauts set a device on the surface of the moon to help Lick Observatory researchers calculate the distance to earth....

Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz wins prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Jul 16, 2009 Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation....

NASA's Fermi Telescope reveals a population of radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsars

Jul 2, 2009 UCSC physicists have discovered a new class of pulsars using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope....

New technique improves estimates of pulsar ages

Jun 8, 2009 Astronomers have developed a new technique to determine the ages of millisecond pulsars, the fastest-spinning stars in the universe....

Astronomer Sandra Faber honored by Franklin Institute

Apr 24, 2009 Astronomer Sandra Faber received the 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science in a ceremony yesterday in Philadelphia....

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