06/07/2018
JPL News: NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars
The Curiosity rover has found new evidence that Mars could have supported ancient life.
06/06/2018
JPL News: Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning
Scientists from NASA's Juno mission describe the ways in which lightning on Jupiter is actually analogous to Earth's lightning.
06/05/2018
Collisions of Dead Stars Spray Heavy Elements Throughout Small Galaxies
Using the W.M. Keck Observatory, researchers have found the primary source of heavy elements in dwarf galaxies.
04/30/2018
Astrophysics Student Selected for Fulbright Fellowship
Emily Velasco
Astrophysics student Roohi Dalal has received a Fulbright fellowship to travel to the Netherlands where she will study the distribution of galaxies in the universe. The way galaxies are arranged could reveal clues about how general relativity works on large scales.
04/11/2018
Astronomy Professor and JPL Historian Win 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships
Whitney Clavin
Shri Kulkarni of Caltech and Erik Conway of JPL have been named 2018 Guggenheim fellows.
03/05/2018
Massive Astrophysical Objects Governed by Subatomic Equation
Lori Dajose
Surprisingly, a quintessential equation of quantum mechanics emerges while studying astronomical disks of orbiting material.
03/02/2018
Q&A: Evan Kirby on the Importance of Science Outreach
Whitney Clavin
Evan Kirby discusses his work with high school students and his recent Cottrell Scholarship.
03/01/2018
A Better Way to Model Stellar Explosions
Whitney Clavin
A new computer program will allow astrophysicists to better model extreme events involving neutron stars.
02/26/2018
Beaming with the Light of Millions of Suns
Whitney Clavin
A Caltech-led astronomy team is homing in on the nature of extreme objects known as ULXs.
02/26/2018
Stars Around the Milky Way: Cosmic Space Invaders or Victims of Galactic Eviction?
Astronomers using the Keck Observatory have discovered that certain groups of stars were kicked out from the flat disk of our galaxy.
02/15/2018
Three Caltech Faculty Members Win Sloan Fellowships
Whitney Clavin
Three members of the Caltech faculty are among this year's Sloan Research Fellows.
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