How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic ...

She was the first Black woman to receive a Ph.D. in astrophysics from UC Berkeley, and now at UC Santa Cruz, she investigates how stars are born in the Milky Way and other galaxies throughout the ...

University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz studies ... explosive deaths of stars and their subsequent “digestion” by the black holes that riddle the universe.

Reggie Stephens congratulates members of the North All-Stars for their inspired work during Sunday’s skills competition. Stephens is a Santa Cruz High alum and former NFL player, who founded the ...

(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw brought a message of hope and resilience to her speech. A mental health advocate, Holdsclaw emphasized the importance of ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers propose that this explosion was perhaps triggered by the explosion of a distant star. The new paper, led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by ...

A new book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist and visual artist Nia Imara debuts on Feburary 25 that explains the universe and traces how art has blended with science throughout human history.