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Tau Ceti System: Artist's Impression by J. Pinfield for RoPACS network at University of Hertfordshire, 2012 (12/20/12 press release)
2012 Articles & Videos
- 12/21/12: UCSC: Sandra Faber to Receive National Medal of Science
- 12/20/12: UCSC: Closest Sun-like Star May Have Habitable Planet
- 12/12/12: LLNL: Laser Provides New Explanation of Astrophysical Phenomenon
- 12/11/12: Keck Week 2013 Commemorates Keck Observatory's 20th Anniversary
- 12/4/12: LBNL: Moore Foundation Gives Big Boost to BigBOSS
- 11/13/12: LBNL: BOSS Quasars Unveil New Era in Expansion History of the Universe
- 11/7/12: UCSC: New Super-Earth Discovered in Habitable Zone
- 10/31/12: UCLA: Protoplanet Vesta: Forever Young?
- 10/24/12: UCLA: Dark Matter Haloes May Contain Stars, Disproving Other Theories
- 10/22/12: UCLA: Most Planetary Systems "Flatter than Pancakes"
- 10/22/12: LLNL: Milky Way's Black Hole Getting Ready for Snack
- 10/19/12: UCSC: Astronomers Uncover Surprising Galaxy Evolution Trend
- 10/5/12: UCB: Astronomers Receive Grants to Explore Evidence for Extraterrestrial Civilizations
- 10/4/12: UCLA: Astronomers Discover Star Crucial to Understanding Time and Space around Black Hole
- 10/4/12: Keck Observatory: UCLA Astronomers Discover Pivotal Star to Test Einstein's Theory
- 10/2/12: UCB: Geoff Marcy to Deliver Discover Cal Lecture, "Discovering Other Earths," Nov. 14
- 10/2/12: UCB: Alex Filippenko to Deliver Discover Cal Lecture, "Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe," Oct. 25
- 10/2/12: UCR: Astronomer Helps Children in Africa to Reach for the Stars
- 10/2/12: UCSC: Steve Vogt gives short video tour of Lick Observatory: At the Cutting Edge since 1888
- 9/17/12: LBNL: Berkeley Lab Sensors Enable First Light for Dark Energy Camera
- 9/12/12: Sandra Faber to Deliver 2012 Maitra Lecture October 3
- 8/23/12: LBNL: First Direct Observation of Type 1a Supernova Progenitor System
- 8/23/12: Lick Observatory 'BBQ with the Stars' Features Renowned UC Astronomers
- 8/21/12: UCSD: Intense Bursts of Star Formation Drive Galactic Winds
- 8/8/12: LBNL: First Public Release of BOSS Data
- 7/26/12: Keck: MOSFIRE Goes On-sky and Fulfills High Hopes
- 6/4/12: The Atlantic Features Lick Observatory in Historic Transit of Venus Article
- 6/1/12: UCSC: Sandra Faber Awarded Bruce Gold Medal
- 5/31/12: UCSC: Milky Way Destines for Head-on Collision
- 5/31/12: UCLA: David Jewitt Awarded Shaw Prize and Kavli Prize in Same Week
- 5/16/12: UCSB: Three-telescope Interferometry Reveals how Black Holes are Fueled
- 4/12/12: UCLA: "Time Machine" to Study Early Universe
- 4/3/12: UC Berkeley Passes Management of Allen Telescope Array to SRI
- 4/2/12: UCSC: Kepler app Puts Distant Planets at your Fingertips
- 3/30/12: LBL: Clocking an Accelerating Universe: First Results from BOSS
- 3/5/12: UCSB: Study Supports Theory of Extraterrestrial Impact
- 2/16/12: Keck: MOSFIRE Arrives, Heralding New Era of IR Multislit Spectroscopy
- 2/13/12: UCSC: Steve Vogt to Give Faculty Research Lecture February 28
- 2/8/12: UCLA: Nearby Companion Dwarf Galaxy Discovered
- 2/8/12: UCSC: New Images Capture "Stealth Merger" of Dwarf Galaxies [View Images]
- 2/2/12: UCSC: New Super-earth Discovered in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star
- 1/19/12: UCLA: Andrea Ghez Awarded 2012 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
- 1/11/12: UCB: Type Ia Supernovae Originally White Dwarfs
- 1/10/12: UCSC: Wandering Stars Give Clues to Milky Way's History
- 1/10/12: UCD: Merging Galaxy Clusters Help Astronomers Understand Universe