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UCI, other astronomers find plane of dwarf satellites orbiting Centaurus A

EVENT:  Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides will present the keynote address, “Opening Space to Change the World for Good,” at the Aerospace Symposium & Expo at UCI. Hundreds of high school and college students from across Southern California have registered to attend the event, designed to inspire an interest in aerospace careers and offer hands-on […]

UCI astronomer James Bullock has been appointed chair of the James Webb Space Telescope users committee. The group, which includes 10 to 14 American, European and Canadian scientists, was established to ensure that the observatory is operated in such a way as to maximize its scientific performance. The JWST, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, […]

Donation expands partnership with Base 11 to address STEM talent crisis

UCI study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended spaceflights

NASA has selected UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray as community chair of a study group to design and set requirements for a possible successor to the James Webb Space Telescope. The group, which includes scientists and engineers from about 30 leading international research institutions and space agencies, will work over the next three years toward a […]

Human efforts to communicate with extraterrestrials via images or sound are doomed to failure, UCI professor asserts – and that may be for the best

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.

A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.

Charles Limoli will lead effort to see how cosmic radiation affects astronauts’ cognition