Announcements Research Resources Directory Links Classes Visitor Info Intranet (restricted) Grad Program Division News: Undergrad Program The Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole (2008-05-09) The 2008 April issue of Smithsonian magazine discusses the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and how the observations are carried out at the Keck Observatory. Featured in the article are UCLA astronomers Andrea Ghez and Mark Morris. More information Planet Formation May Occur around Many Stars (2008-01-23) Thayne Currie, a UCLA astronomy graduate student, and collaborators find evidence for circumstellar dust around many 10-30 million year old stars with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is produced by collisions between small, rocky bodies during the planet formation process. Currie and collaborators determined that the dust originates in a location similar to that of the Earth from the Sun. This study could then imply that terrestrial planets may form around many stars. Spitzer's Press Release Passings: Prof. Mirek Plavec (2008-01-23)   Mirek Plavec, a UCLA Astronomy Emeritus Professor, passed away on January 23, 2008. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the Cal State University-Northridge Planetarium at 2:00PM. See maps and directions below. Obituary Map of CSUN Directions to CSUN from UCLA More Division News... Home Announcements Research Resources Directory Links Classes Visitor Info Grad Program Undergrad Program Intranet Feedback & contact information webmaster[at]astro.ucla.edu. Physics and Astronomy Building 430 Portola Plaza, Box 951547 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547 The Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics (this site) is part of the Department of Physics & Astronomy, one of several Physical Sciences departments in the College of Letters & Sciences at UCLA, the Los Angeles campus of the University of California system.