Mars

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming election and national conversations about racism and justice, the Berkeley Forum has organized a lineup of a diverse range of professionals and experts to speak in fall 2020.

In January, Elon Musk outlined his plans for sending 1 million people to Mars by 2050. While this may seem like a great idea, moving to Mars is just not the move. 

The Peidong Yang Group in the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry published a study revealing an advancement to efficiently produce oxygen from carbon dioxide and sunlight using both organic and inorganic components in a hybrid device.

Led by two different teams of scientists and engineers at SSL, the four satellites, which will orbit around Mars and Earth, are a part of two missions to collect information about solar wind and space weather.

We here at the Clog consider ourselves optimists, glass-half-full-type humans. So, we looked on the bright side (maybe the wrong choice of words … cloudy side?) to see all of the positive things we could find about life in the rain!

Last week, the Opportunity rover was declared dead. This little, solar-powered robot had trucked along the surface of Mars for almost 15 years, even though its mission's duration was only supposed to be about 90 days. So, in honor of Opportunity, here are some lessons we can take from its life and apply it to our own.

Physicist, futurist and best-selling author Michio Kaku took audience members on a journey from the universe’s deepest reaches to its most fundamental building blocks at an event hosted by KPFA radio station Tuesday night at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.

For the first time, there is a cherry-red convertible in orbit around the sun. This fact has split the internet. So what is the controversy?

“This Is Us” returned with another packed episode, “Modern Family” marked its 200th episode and “Young Sheldon” stretched out its plot.