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An artist's concept of a distant galaxy with an active quasar at its center shooting out bright jets of radiation above and below the galactic disc.

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NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

A quasar emits exceptional amounts of energy generated by matter falling into a supermassive black hole.

May 18, 2004

UCSB Physicist Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

January 21, 2004

UCSB Alumnus Chiao Assigned as NASA Space Station Commander

January 15, 2004

Mars Rover Material Tested at UCSB

November 12, 2003

Search for Dark Matter Intensifies

October 8, 2003

UCSB Physicist Devises Way to Observe Protein Folding

July 24, 2003

UCSB Physicist Wins Prestigious European Award

July 2, 2003

UCSB Astrophysicist Has Theory Supported by NASA Observations

March 26, 2003

Documenting the Working Life of a Physicist

March 10, 2003

New UCSB Earthquake Study Improves Model, Shows Hazard to Structures Located Near the Fault

March 7, 2003

UCSB Astrophysicist Is Awarded Sloan Fellowship

October 21, 2002

PACKARD FELLOWSHIP AWARDED TO UCSB ASTROPHYSICIST

July 23, 2002

DWARF GALAXIES GIVE UNIVERSE A BREATH OF FRESH OXYGEN

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