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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.

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April 5, 2011

Top 40 Science Questions for U.S. Conservation Policy Makers

April 4, 2011

UCSB Physicist Elected to Head CMS Experiment at Large Hadron Collider

March 24, 2011

UCSB, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Present ‘NanoDays'

March 23, 2011

Scientists Get Glimpse of How the ‘Code' of Life May Have Emerged by Deciphering Molecular Puzzle

March 21, 2011

Think Globally, But Act Locally When Studying Plants, Animals, and Global Warming, Researchers Advise

March 14, 2011

Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournaments Explain Ecological Diversity

March 10, 2011

Linda Petzold Receives UCSB Faculty's Top Honor

March 7, 2011

New Instrument Keeps An Electronic ‘Eye’ on Nanoparticles

March 3, 2011

UCSB Chancellor's Community Breakfast to Focus on the Alzheimer's Gene

March 2, 2011

Scientists Study Control of Invasive Tree in Western U.S.

February 17, 2011

UCSB Oil Spill Expert to Speak About ‘Science in the Disaster Zone'

February 16, 2011

World's Largest Lake Sheds Light on Ecosystem Responses to Climate Variability

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