A team of Berkeley researchers led by astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter was chosen to compete for the right to build and send a billion-dollar spacecraft into orbit. The NASA project, known as "beyond Einstein, seeks to understand how and why the universe is expanding faster than Einstein predicted.
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Berkeley Physicists to Compete for NASA Mission
Astronomers eager to add to Sky in Google Earth
Since Sky in Google Earth debuted on Aug. 22 to let the public explore the heavens from their computers, two UC Berkeley astronomers have jumped in to populate Google's sky with the most recently discovered heavenly objects.
Tributes Will Honor Daniel Koshland
Friends and colleagues will to celebrate the extraordinary life of Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. at a Sept. 16 memorial in Zellerbach Hall. A longtime professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, Koshland died on July 23.
Summer Research Program Reaches Tomorrow’s Scholars
Now in its twentieth year at Berkeley, the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) provides in-depth research opportunities for highly motivated, under-represented students in order to pique their interest in graduate school and prepare them for it.
New View of Uranus' Changing Rings
A team of researchers led by Berkeley's Imke de Pater report that that Uranus' rings of micron-sized have changed significantly since the Voyager 2 spacecraft photographed them 21 years ago.
'On the Same Page' Featured Lincoln's Assassination Opera
A free campus performance of a wrenching but humorous opera about President Abraham Lincoln's assassination kicked off this year's "On the Same Page" program on Thursday, Aug. 23. On the Same page is sponsored by the College of Letters and Science.
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