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Researchers and faculty from UC Berkeley and Stanford have identified a neutron star with the largest mass to date named PSR J0952-0607. The star has been deemed a “black widow” pulsar as it consumes gas from nearby companion stars.
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UC Berkeley scientists are using or planning to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, to further research in a range of astronomical phenomena.
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UC Berkeley research teams tested the “replicator” in zero-gravity conditions, mimicking space flights aboard Zero-G’s G-Force One on May 10.
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One of the most pressing issues facing society today revolves around climate change, a topic that isn’t easy to explain to adults, let alone children. So what steps should we take to ensure that younger generations understand the deleterious effects of global warming on the environment?
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NASA has selected the Compton Spectrometer and Imager, or COSI, mission, led by the Space Sciences Laboratory, or SSL, at UC Berkeley, to head the development of a new telescope aimed at understanding the evolution of the Milky Way galaxy.
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On Wednesday, UC Berkeley College of Engineering announced a new aerospace engineering major, which will be launched in fall 2022.
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UC Berkeley researcher Shannon Curry was appointed as the principal investigator of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, mission at NASA.
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A team of UC Berkeley researchers was among three winners of NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge Tuesday after they successfully manufactured sugar from carbon dioxide, which could have practical applications for space exploration on Mars.
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A UC Berkeley-led team of scientists and engineers is one step closer to sending two satellites to Mars, following a key milestone approval from NASA on Aug. 17.
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UC Berkeley has received more than $1 billion in funding for research and other sponsored projects in the past fiscal year.
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