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M87 in 3D: New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its core

Bright gamma ray burst confounds models of black hole birth

Cal scientists star in Webb Telescope exploration

February 1, 2023

Were galaxies much different in the early universe?

January 24, 2023

Webb Space Telescope, Keck team up to study Saturn’s moon Titan

December 1, 2022

Chrysalis, the lost moon that gave Saturn its rings

September 15, 2022

Webb Telescope images Jupiter-like planet 350 light years away

September 1, 2022

Surprising details leap out in sharp new James Webb Space Telescope images of Jupiter

August 22, 2022

Brightest stars in the night sky can strip planets to their rocky cores

August 12, 2022

Heaviest neutron star to date is a ‘black widow’ eating its mate

The ultimate fate of a star shredded by a black hole

Astronomers may have detected a ‘dark’ free-floating black hole

AI reveals unsuspected math underlying search for exoplanets

Chung-Pei Ma is one of six Berkeley faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

Alex Filippenko Awarded the AAS 2022 Education Prize

February 2, 2022

Berkeley astronomers to put new space telescope through its paces

January 25, 2022

Three faculty named 2022 Fellows of American Astronomical Society

January 5, 2022

Q&A with Sarafina Nance, a Ph.D. candidate selected for Forbes “30 Under 30”

December 9, 2021

Prof. Margutti receives Breakthrough Prize

September 9, 2021

Black hole at center of swirling new women-in-science mural