A UC Berkeley lab is controlling a NASA mission to study the farthest reaches of Earth’s atmosphere from afar using the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.

Though NGC 7456 looks like a modest spiral galaxy, new Hubble and XMM-Newton observations reveal a bustling system with star-forming regions and an active core. The spiral galaxy NGC 7456 may appear ...

New research suggests that three space telescopes could form a powerful triad capable of searching for supermassive black holes earlier in the history of the cosmos than ever detected before. If the ...

Scientists have long been interested in the planets and celestial bodies outside the solar system that could support life. Moreover, a planet’s atmosphere plays a key role in deciding if it can hold ...

The brain doesn’t wait for sight. It builds attention in rapid steps, tuning from general categories to precise details in ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object cruises toward the sun.

Obtained by UB as part of a project to observe last year's total solar eclipse, the telescope will be used for education and ...

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...

A conversation with MIT Sloan’s Elsbeth Johnson on letting go effectively. At every stage of leadership, it’s important to hand some tasks and even decisions off to team members to foster their ...

Complete transmittance curves were created for the instrument’s three filters and will serve to calibrate the mission’s ...