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Welcome to the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at UCLA!

UCLA Geosciences Initiative

Faculty positions in atmospheric, oceanic, earth, planetary, and space sciences (read more...)

Dawn Mission

Dawn spacecraft launched successfully...

UCLA's Christopher Russell leads NASA’s Dawn Mission... (SPOTLIGHT UCLA article).

Link to DAWN Mission web site.

Individuals interested in Graduate and Undergraduate programs should start at the Admission section.

Graduate Opportunities in Earth and Space Sciences.

Our Department's brochure is now available online in PDF format (1.1MB).

Our programs in planetary science, isotope geochemistry, cosmochemistry, continental tectonics, structural geology, mineral physics, paleobiology, geodynamics, seismology, and space physics are among the best in the country.

The extraordinary breadth of the Department reflects the interdisciplinary approaches required to understand complex systems like the Earth and the planets. Our faculty tackle a wide range of problems, from the Sun to the most distant planets, and from the center of the Earth to the tenuous ionized gases of the solar wind. We probe the interior of the Earth using seismic data, laboratory measurements, and computer modeling. We study both the ancient tectonics of the Earth and its ongoing activity. We explore Earth's upper atmosphere using spacecraft to measure magnetic fields and plasmas. Moving outward from Earth, we study other planets, their interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, and particle and field environments. No object in the solar system-not asteroids nor ions in the solar wind-are small enough to escape our attention. A central theme of the Department's researchers is to understand the origin and evolution of the solar system, the planets, Earth itself, and life on Earth.    Read On...