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No Planets Needed: NASA Study Shows Disk Patterns Can Self-Generate
Kuchner and his colleagues designed computer simulations to better understand these effects. The research was led by Alexander Richert, a doctoral student at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania, and includes Wladimir Lyra, a professor of astronomy at California State University, Northridge and research associate at NASA’s Jet Propulstion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The simulations were run on the Discover supercomputing cluster at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard. -- Aerospace & Defense News
From the Archives Northridge Earthquake
The community of 59,000 is made up of manicured lawns and homes that sell for nearly $300,000. A university -- California State University Northridge-- has given the community the feel of a college town. -- San Diego Union-Tribune
Photos: A look back at the 1994 Northridge Earthquake on 24th anniversary
Latanya Davis, left, and Stefanie Coston, students at CSUN, bundle up on a lawn in front of their dormitory as dawn breaks on Jan. 17, 1994. The Northridge quake hit at 4:31 a.m. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo) -- Orange County Register
NCAA men: CSUN beats Stanford, big Thursday matches at UCLA, USC
There are some intriguing early season non-conference NCAA men’s volleyball matches on tap for this weekend, starting with No. 9 Penn State of the EIVA at No. 2 UCLA of the MPSF and No. 3 Ohio State of the MIVA facing No. 13 USC of the MPSF at UCLA on Thursday. The two visitors trade places on Saturday. -- Volleyball Magazine
Stanford men fall at home to CSUN in volleyball match
Freshmen Jaylen Jasper and JP Reilly combined for 24 kills but the Stanford men's volleyball team dropped a 25-17, 25-22, 26-24 decision to visiting No. 7 CSUN Wednesday at Burnham Pavilion. -- Palo Alto Online
Big West Roundup: Fullerton reaches the summit with a 4-0 start
Khalil Ahmad: 23 points (8-17 FGs), 7 reb, 2 stl 5-10 3FGs vs. UC Davis
Kyle Allman: 27 points (8-15 FGs), 7 reb, 4 ast 3-6 3FGs vs. UC Davis
Evan Leonard: 20 points (8-14 FGs), 6 reb, 2 stl, 3-6 3FGs vs. Cal State Northridge
Gabe Levin: 29 points (10-15 FGs), 9 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl vs. Cal State Northridge
Chima Moneke: 29 points (8-15 FGs), 12 reb, 3 blk vs. Cal State Fullerton -- Mid-Major Madness
NORTHRIDGE’S ARVIS GREENE DAY TO DAY WITH INJURY
Cal State Northridge opposite Arvis Greene has missed the last two matches due to a lower body injury he suffered against Princeton on Jan. 6. -- Volley Mob
NO. 8 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE PICKS UP ROAD SWEEP OF NO. 16 STANFORD
No. 8 Cal State Northridge is starting the season with a 5-0 mark for the third straight season, after extending its season-opening win streak to five matches with a road sweep of No. 16 Stanford on Wednesday. -- Volley Mob
MARV DUNPHY NIGHT SLATED FOR SATURDAY’S MATCH AGAINST UC SANTA BARBARA
Former MPSF-members Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai’i, along with NCAA Division II member UC San Diego will make up a six-team league sponsored by the Big West Conference. -- Volley Mob
CSUN gets first Big West win, beats UC Riverside 66-57
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Tavrion Dawson had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Cal State Northridge rolled to a 66-57 victory over UC Riverside on Wednesday night for its first Big West Conference win. -- Regina Leader-Post