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A vibrant view of the Milky Way galaxy filled with stars and cosmic colors.

How Did the Milky Way Galaxy Form?

by Greg Watry, College of Letters and Science
February 13, 2026

A large radiotelescope dish, white but lit by golden hour light, against a background of misty forested mountains.

Astronomers Find Mystery Dark Object in Distant Universe

by Andy Fell
October 09, 2025

Clouds of yellow and pink scattered with bright white stars

First Images Revealed From Vera C. Rubin Observatory

by Greg Watry
June 23, 2025

Foreground, a futuristic building on a rocky foundation. Background, brightly colored lines curve across a blue sky.

Tony Tyson: Sifting Through the Cosmic Noise

by Greg Watry
February 07, 2025

Bright white blobs among purple threads against a black background.

Simulations Explain Abundance of Bright Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn

by Greg Watry
October 03, 2023

Brightly colored swirls in the middle of a field of stars.

Making Better Measurements of the Composition of Galaxies

by Andy Fell
April 20, 2023

A 3 by 4 grid of astronomical images with lettering.

Newly Discovered Gravitational Lenses Could Reveal Ancient Galaxies and the Nature of Dark Matter

by Bill Condie
September 29, 2022

Detailed field of stars and galaxies

Astronomers Look Forward to Webb Telescope Projects

by Andy Fell
July 13, 2022

Bands of green, blue and red patterns across a black background

Long Ago, Far Away and Hard to See

by Andy Fell
June 22, 2022

A galaxy with nearby supernova marked with a circle

New, Third Type of Supernova Observed

by Andy Fell
June 28, 2021

Astronomical image

Taking the Temperature of Dark Matter

by Andy Fell
January 15, 2020

Distorted galaxies

New Measurement of Hubble Constant Adds to Cosmic Mystery

by Andy Fell
October 23, 2019

Galaxy supercluster

Astronomers Find a Cosmic Titan in the Early Universe

by Andy Fell
October 17, 2018

Science & Technology

Discovering colliding neutron stars

Colliding Neutron Stars Seen by Gravity Waves and Optical Telescopes

by Andy Fell
October 16, 2017

Science & Technology

Supernova 2017cbv, on the outskirts of the spiral galaxy NGC 5643. Data are from the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Supernova Pr

Astronomers Spy Supernova’s Giant Companion Star

by Becky Oskin
August 14, 2017

Science & Technology

Planet, disk and planet and synestia

Synestia, a New Type of Planetary Object

by Andy Fell
May 22, 2017

Science & Technology

Cluster used as lens to detect distant galaxy

Long Ago and Far Away, an Average Galaxy

by Andy Fell
April 10, 2017

Science & Technology

Astronomers Measure Universe Expansion, Get Hints of ‘New Physics’

by Andy Fell
January 26, 2017

Science & Technology

New Theory Explains How the Moon Got There

by Andy Fell
October 31, 2016

Science & Technology

Distant galaxy imaged

Astronomers See Faintest, Furthest Galaxy

by Andy Fell
May 19, 2016

Science & Technology

UC Davis Photonics Technology Helps Shrink Telescopes

by Andy Fell
January 21, 2016

Funds awarded to begin construction of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

by Andy Fell
August 04, 2014

Science & Technology

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