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Posted on September 24, 2014January 18, 2021

Record Player Fluid Dynamics: A Taylor Column Experiment

Laboratory experiments showing the formation of a Taylor column, which is one of the canonical of rapidly rotating fluid dynamics as exists in many geophysical settings.

Posted on July 24, 2014January 18, 2021

SPINLab Educational Project – Falling droplets in rotating tank

Posted on May 3, 2013January 18, 2021

Scott Sheppard – Neptune Trojans

Scott Sheppard explains how he uses powerful telescopes to detect distant asteroids sharing the orbit of Neptune

Posted on April 16, 2013January 18, 2021

Jean-Luc Margot – Radar Astronomy and the Asteroid Impact Hazard

UCLA Professor Jean-Luc Margot explains how radar astronomy drastically improves the ability for humans to predict and mitigate asteroid impact hazards.

For more information about the UCLA’s Radar Astronomy Group, please visit: http://radarastronomy.org

Posted on December 7, 2012January 18, 2021

Explore Your Universe 2012

Visit UCLA for a day of hands-on science activities!

Posted on November 29, 2012January 18, 2021

David Paige – Ice and the Origins of Life

David Paige explains why studying ice on Mercury is important for understanding the origins of life on Earth and the habitability of extrasolar planets.

Posted on November 29, 2012January 18, 2021

David Paige – Mercury Organics Brought By Comets

David Paige explains how organic material brought to Mercury by comets creates a dark crust over subsurface ice in permanently shadowed regions.

Posted on November 29, 2012January 18, 2021

David Paige – Water Ice on Mercury

David Paige explains how he uses a thermal model of Mercury to locate surface and subsurface ice in the north polar region.

Posted on August 13, 2012January 18, 2021

Planetary Profiles – Pedro Lacerda

Guest interview with astronomer Pedro Lacerda

Posted on August 13, 2012January 18, 2021

Planetary Insights – Small Bodies

Guest astronomer Pedro Lacerda describes his work into small bodies

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