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New three-dimensional (3D) models of objects in space have been released by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These 3D models ...

Third-year undergraduate Isabelle “Izzy” Connor and two Ph.D. candidates at other universities have recently won awards to further their research in astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.

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There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

This introduction to the spectroscopy, mainly by radio astronomy, of interstellar molecules was written five years before the discovery of C60. It covers an introduction to interstellar medium and ...

Cosmic particles with phenomenal energy have puzzled scientists for decades. A new theory may finally unveil their origin.