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Astronomy Research Fellowship Will Map One Billion Stars in the Milky Way and Beyond

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With orange flames shining against a dark sky, NASA's Artemis I flight test launches from Kennedy Space Center in Nov. 2022.

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Ethics Professor Patrick Lin Joins U.S. Space Council Advisory Group

An aerospace engineering lecturer and Congressman Salud Carbajal chat in front of a new piece of equipment at the Advanced Technologies Lab.

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Congressman Celebrates Cal Poly's Partnership with Air Force Research Lab

This image of the James Webb Space Telescope was taken following its launch into space and is humanity's last look at the box-shaped observatory.

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'An Exciting Time to Be An Astronomer.' Physics Prof Joins Research Projects on Groundbreaking Telescope

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College of Engineering To Create The Noyce School of Applied Computing — Thanks to Generous Donation

An image of the CUORE crystal array: a set of 1,000 tellurium dioxide crystals that can cool down almost to absolute zero, in a lab built nearly a mile under solid rock,

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Could Students Help Unlock a Mystery of the Universe? New Study on Neutrinos Brings Them Closer

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Ask an Expert — What Have We Learned from Omicron?

A student wearing a mask receives a vaccine from a health care worker wearing a mask and blue scrubs

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Ask an Expert: How do COVID-19 vaccines actually work?

A professor wearing a mask demonstrates a chemistry experiment to a student in a lab

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Beyond COVID: In the Research Lab, the Fight Against Other Deadly Diseases Continues

Black-and-white drawing of a mammal wearing a button down shirt and glasses while holding a test tube. In the background, a fox wearing a vest and pants shakes rain off an umbrella.

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‘We Really Miss Having Those Experiences.’ Bio Professor’s Cartoons About Lab Life Bring Smiles During Pandemic

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi seated in the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle

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Ask an Expert: What’s So Special About the SpaceX Launch?

A young woman in a green shirt works on a laptop displaying satellite orbital trajectories

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Cal Poly Students Create Space Cybercrime Challenge for Virtual DEF CON Hacker Convention

Graduate student researcher Jerry Luong makes final adjustments to the axial load system before testing a concrete wall in 2019

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How Do Buildings Respond to Earthquakes? This Grant Will Help Give Students and Faculty a Better Understanding

A girl smiles and poses with multicolored plastic cups of water.

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Ice Cream and Lava Lamps: Student-Led Learn by Doing Lab Gets Kids Excited About Science

A swimmer swims down a pool lane.

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'What Am I Going To Do To Stay Active?' Kinesiology Instructor Encourages Fitness At Home

A student writes on a whiteboard at her home.

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'It Can Still Be Hands-On.' How This Ed Course Tackles Learning in a Virtual Environment

A man in a lab coat and mask pours hand sanitizer into a funnel held by a woman in a white lab coat.

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Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty, Staff and Students Produce Hand Sanitizer for Campus Use