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Welcome to the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at UCLA. Our mission is to understand and protect our home in the universe through discovery, education, and outreach. To further this mission we strive to foster an inclusive culture of respect, collaboration, and openness to new ideas and methodologies.
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Breakthrough Research Sheds Light on the Formation and Role of Congestus Clouds
Research by UCLA EPSS Postdoctoral Scholar and EPSS Professor could potentially de-mystify congestus clouds and …
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Seminar of the Day
Planetary Science Seminar
Friday Apr 4
12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m.
Presented By:
Dr. Jamie M. Jasinski - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centered magnetic field. This single in situ measurement has been the basis of our interpretation of Uranus' magnetosphere as the canonical extreme magnetosphere of the solar system; with inexplicably intense electron radiation belts and a severely plasma-depleted …