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A child is entranced by a Tesla Ball at an EPSS booth at EYU 2022.
Depiction of the Solar System.
EPSS students gather around a hill overlooking a lake in Washington.
AR Sandbox spelling out UCLA in topography.
EPSS students doing labwork.

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Groundbreaking Study on the 2024 Noto Earthquake to be Published in Science

Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, along with international collaborators, have conducted a …

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Iron meteorites hint that our infant solar system was more doughnut than dartboard

Fragments from the early cosmos help unravel the mystery of our solar system’s birth

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51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy at UCLA

The Heising-Simons Foundation is accepting applications for their 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship program in …

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Seminar of the Day

Earth Science in the Energy Transition: Tackling the Dual Challenges of Heterogeneity and Low-Cost Measurements

Special Guest Seminar
Friday Sep 27 11:30a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Presented By:
Dr. Tushar Mittal - Pennsylvania State University

Abstract: Several critical technologies associated with the Energy Transition and climate change mitigation, such as Geologic and Marine Carbon sequestration, Hydrogen generation, critical mineral discovery, and geothermal, rely on an accurate understanding of geological and geochemical processes. For instance, multiple subsurface technologies require effective permeability control through subsurface fracture networks …
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