Aerospace workforce development symposium at UCI to feature Virgin Galactic CEO
EVENT: Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides will present the keynote address, “Opening Space to Change…
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UCI astronomer is appointed to chair users committee for James Webb Space Telescope
UCI astronomer James Bullock has been appointed chair of the James Webb Space Telescope users…
With $1 million gift, UCI aims to become first university to launch rocket into space
Donation expands partnership with Base 11 to address STEM talent crisis
Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure
UCI study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended spaceflights
UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray to head NASA group designing future space telescope
NASA has selected UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray as community chair of a study group to…
Do we really want to awaken the alien force?
Human efforts to communicate with extraterrestrials via images or sound are doomed to failure, UCI professor asserts – and that may be for the best
Long-term galactic cosmic ray exposure leads to dementia-like cognitive impairments
What happens to an astronaut’s brain during a mission to Mars? Nothing good. It’s besieged by destructive particles that can forever impair cognition, according to a UC Irvine radiation oncology study appearing in the May 1 edition of Science Advances.
Researchers propose zapping space debris with laser
A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.