Alex Filippenko

Berkeley Distinguished Professor of Astronomy Alex Filippenko hosted a casual star-gazing session with friends in Woodside, California, on May 18. That night, he captured pictures of galactic objects and stars, one of which pictured the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101. 

Week three of the UAW strike came to a head with sit-ins at California Hall, when 150 academic workers occupied the building from Thursday morning to Friday afternoon, according to campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore.

Researchers and faculty from UC Berkeley and Stanford have identified a neutron star with the largest mass to date named PSR J0952-0607. The star has been deemed a “black widow" pulsar as it consumes gas from nearby companion stars.

UC Berkeley astronomers will be among the first to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST.

However, it has not been all doom and gloom; many international students have been able to find community at UC Berkeley.

How have UC Berkeley professors spent their favorite summers? Read on to find out what campus faculty have done during their most memorable summers.

In an article published Monday, UC Berkeley researchers disproved existing notions that dark matter is mostly composed of black holes.

I became curious to know if others had experienced this phenomenon — if their careers and interests could similarly be traced to their favorite childhood book. More specifically, I wanted to know if this was the case for professors here at UC Berkeley.

My most memorable first day of school was my first day as a graduate teaching assistant. — John Kihlstrom, professor emeritus of psychology