‘La Noche de las Estrellas’ at Lick Observatory brings science to Spanish-speaking students and their families.

UCSC faculty are using the new system for research in astrophysics, climate science, materials science, chemistry, and other fields.

A giant-impacts phase in the evolution of planetary systems can explain the observations of close-in giant planets with eccentric orbits.

Scientists thought they found clues pointing to a collision between two exoplanets ten years ago. Now they found more evidence of a catastrophic collision.

Analysis of radio pulses that passed through a galactic halo reveals a surprisingly quiescent halo with very low density and weak magnetic field.

Dedication of a plaque at Lick's Shane Telescope on August 1 honors the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment that measured the distance to the moon 50 years ago.

SCIPP physicist David Williams will help lead effort using four 12-meter telescopes to search for nanosecond flashes of light from extraterrestrial civilizations.

In a world first, an international team of astronomers has determined the precise location of a powerful one-off burst of cosmic radio waves known as a fast radio burst.