Research in the planetary sciences at UCLA spans the full range of topics from solar system formation, planetary growth and structure, interior physics, geology, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, primitive bodies and debris disks and planets around other stars.
Students interested in Planetary Science at UCLA currently major in Geophysics and Space Physics, Geochemistry or Geology within the Department of Earth and Space Sciences or in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, depending on their interests. However, a new major in Planetary Science is expected to soon be in place.
Explore Your Universe / UCLA Science Day is an annual event held on campus in the Fall. Started by the Astronomy Live! graduate student outreach group in 2009, it showcases science from a broad range of departments at UCLA in a format that is accessible to all members of the public from “K through gray”.