A team of astronomers including UC Berkeley professor Alex Filippenko have found convincing evidence that supernovae come in a third flavor, powered by a long-suspected explosive mechanism that may explain a bright supernova humans observed 1,000 ago and that birthed the beautiful Crab Nebula....Read more about Stellar explosion in 1054 C.E. may have been a third flavor of supernova
Professor Courtney Dressing has been awarded the 2021 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize for outstanding achievement in Astronomy “for her leading contributions that have dramatically advanced our understanding of the formation rate, composition, and evolution of planets around low-mass...Read more about Professor Dressing Wins Pierce Prize
Determining how rapidly the universe is expanding is key to understanding our cosmic fate, but with more precise data has come a conundrum: Estimates based on measurements within our local universe don’t agree with extrapolations from the era shortly after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago....Read more about How fast is the universe expanding? Galaxies provide one answer.
