Planetary Movement
In his first semester as a Ph.D. candidate in the astronomy department at Harvard University, UC Santa Cruz alumnus and cross-country athlete Theron Carmichael is once again breaking personal bests. Carmichael ran a marathon in his first three months in Cambridge, Massachusetts with other graduate…
Running at Lightspeed
Theron Carmichael was baking cookies for some of his close friends on Valentine’s Day when his phone rang. He didn’t recognize the number, and with hands crusted in cookie dough, he declined the call. The voice mail left was from David Charbonneau, an astronomy professor…
Jupiter — the Missing Piece in a Galactic Puzzle
In the early stages of our solar system, Jupiter may have swept through the initial debris destroying the first generation of inner planets before retreating into its current orbit. Had it not been for Jupiter, Earth would not exist. UC Santa Cruz astronomy and professor…