Neptune

If you’re any true Cal student, you probably have your favorite study spots for grinding it out. But beyond comfort and familiarity, have you ever factored the stars into your study session decision?

In a recent Icarus study led by UC Berkeley astrophysics alum Erandi Chavez, researchers discovered a correlation between decreased solar activity and the recent disappearance of Neptune’s cloud covers. 

Elwyn Berlekamp, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus in mathematics and electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, died April 9 at his home in Piedmont, California from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 78.

A team of UC Berkeley astronomers, along with an undergraduate contributor, analyzed a series of Uranus and Neptune NASA photos released in late 2018, discovering new information about the planets’ atmospheres.

Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory published a paper in the journal Nature Physics confirming that “superionic” water exists on Uranus and Neptune.

In 2016, Caltech researchers Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin proposed evidence for the existence of a new planet, and a search for Planet Nine ensued. In February, campus graduate students Michael Medford and Danny Goldstein introduced a novel search technique.

A collaborative project between Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens, 'Planetarium' is a uniquely visceral embodiment of the unknown.

NASA has partnered with UC Berkeley to expand its search for the ninth planet, and together they are offering the public the opportunity to help find it.

Images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope by UC Berkeley planetary scientist Michael Wong, who led the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program, or OPAL, confirmed the existence of a dark vortex in Neptune’s atmosphere.

A UC Berkeley graduate student recently discovered a new solar system with three planets of similar size to Earth, using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.