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A visualization of a magnetar with tilted accretion disk and energetic polar jets.
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Joseph Farah and Curtis McCully of LCO
A spinning magnetar twists space-time itself, causing the disk of material around it to wobble and produce the ultra-bright flashes of this peculiar kind of supernova.

UCSB researcher bridges the worlds of general relativity and supernova astrophysics

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Driven to Succeed

Feed the World
photo of UCSB parasitologists Armand Kuris and Ryan Hechinger, with Kellet's whelks

Not at Home on the Range

A Lesson in Nature's Restoration
photo of Robert McMeeking

UCSB Professor Receives ASME’s Highest Applied Mechanics Honor
manta ray in ocean

A Case Study of Manta Rays and Lagoons

Bending the Rules

The Social Psychology of Nerve Cells

Nature's Powerful Simplicity

Nature as Classroom

Exploring How the Nervous System Develops

Ocean Health Index Assesses U.S West Coast States
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