Research Group Videos

  • Venus: Moment of Inertia and Length of Day (November 19, 2020)

    An hour-long Zoom presentation about our measurements of the spin state of Venus and implications for the interior structure and atmospheric dynamics (Princeton IAS Astrophysics Seminar).

  • Measurement of Yarkovsky Drift Rates for 247 Near-Earth Asteroids (August 6, 2020)

    A 14-minute pre-recorded presentation describing the measurements of Yarkovsky drift for ~250 asteroids (prepared for the 2020 AAS Division of Dynamical Astronomy meeting).

  • The Search for Life in the Universe (June 17, 2018)

    A presentation about the search for life in the universe, including the search for technosignatures conducted by UCLA students [30 min. talk + 25 min. questions and answers]

  • SETI at UCLA (Sept. 12, 2017)

    A two-minute video describing UCLA's SETI course. Authored by Kevin Lu, filmed by Emmanuel Masongsong, and featuring the UCLA Spring 2017 SETI class.

  • Experiencing the Great American Eclipse (Aug. 21, 2017)

    A one-minute video (accelerated four times) showing a group of 36 EPSS alumni and friends experiencing a total solar eclipse in a private ranch south of Madras, Oregon.

  • A conversation with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (Jan. 22, 2014)

    A one-hour interview that touches on NASA's mission, the space program, asteroids, orbital debris, Europa, and medical developments.

  • What's behind the science of `Gravity'? (Sept. 28, 2013)

    A three-minute CNN interview about the realism of the science portrayed in the movie "Gravity".

  • Near-Earth Asteroid 2000 ET70 (May 31, 2013)

    A one-minute video created by graduate student Shantanu Naidu to illustrate the size of an asteroid that we observed with radar.

  • Radar Astronomy and the Asteroid Impact Hazard (Apr. 14, 2013)

    A four-minute video that describes the critical role that radar astronomy plays in studies of Near-Earth Asteroids and of the impact risk.

  • Origin and Distribution of Life in the Universe (Nov. 15, 2012)

    A 14-minute presentation about the search for life elsewhere.