BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- A world-renowned astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley is stepping down from his faculty position in the wake of his violations of the school's sexual ...

Gibor Basri, the interim chair of the UC Berkeley astronomy department, sent an email to students Wednesday morning announcing Marcy's declaration to resign. Geoff Marcy to resign his faculty ...

Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in India and elsewhere have employed the ...

“We urge the UC Berkeley administration to re-evaluate ... The numbers are stark. Of Berkeley’s 24 current astronomy professors, just three — less than 13 percent — are women.

UC Berkeley Professor Alex Filippenko, whose introductory astronomy class draws between 750 and 800 students per semester, has won this year's Professor of the Year Award, sponsored by the ...

Co-author Ryan Chornock, a UC Berkeley associate professor of astronomy, expects that they eventually come together, “but theorists have predicted that there should be a population of black ...

After an investigation earlier this year, UC Berkeley found astronomy professor Geoff Marcy violated the university's sexual harassment policy on multiple occasions, according to a BuzzFeed ...

UC Berkeley professor emeritus of astronomy Stuart Bowyer, who died Sept. 23, will be remembered for his contributions to the field of X-ray astronomy and his pioneering observations in extreme ...

UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks defended ... “It’s a sad and traumatic week for women in astronomy,” said Kirkpatrick, who edits the Women in Astronomy blog for the American ...

BERKELEY — A UC Berkeley astronomy research scientist working to find alien life, instead found two burglary suspects who were snooping around Campbell Hall after hours stealing textbooks ...