Dylan Green is a 2nd year physics Ph.D. student who recently ran for Irvine City Council in the 2020 election. Here at UCI, he works in the field of cosmology. Dylan says he has always been interested in the history of the universe and trying to understand the way it is. Cosmology to Dylan is…Continue Reading Student Spotlight: Dylan Green
Nearly 400 years ago, as the legend goes, Sir Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head. This gave him the idea that the laws of nature “up there” keeping the planets around the sun, must be the same laws “down here” keeping his feet on the ground. Newton…Continue Reading A Fifth Force of Nature? Forging New Frontiers in Physics
Earth’s atmosphere is crucial to the existence of life on this planet. The atmosphere both holds all of the oxygen we breathe and protects us from harmful high energy radiation from space. Without it, life on Earth might have never arisen. With this in mind, it is reasonable to wonder if planets beyond our own…Continue Reading He I Line in Exosphere