09/05/2018
Superfast Jet Observed Streaming Away from Stellar Collision
Elise Cutts
An international team of researchers, including two Caltech scientists, observed a superfast jet of material from a neutron star collision.
08/22/2018
15 Years in Space for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope is celebrating 15 years of discoveries, including exoplanets, distant galaxies and even a new ring around Saturn.
08/14/2018
Caltech Astronomer Wins 2018 Robert J. Trumpler Award
Whitney Clavin
BJ Fulton, a staff scientist at NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, has won an Astronomical Society for the Pacific award.
08/07/2018
Spacecraft to Speed Through Sun's Atmosphere and Snag Solar Wind
Whitney Clavin
Caltech and partners built an instrument that will capture high-speed solar particles hurtling toward Earth.
08/01/2018
Program Brings Area High School Students, Teachers into Caltech Labs
Jon Nalick
Summer Research Connection promotes curiosity, scientific literacy, and research skills.
07/11/2018
'City of Astronomy' to Host Gathering of International Space Experts
Whitney Clavin
Pasadena will be hopping with space events the week of July 14-22.
07/03/2018
JPL News: NuSTAR Mission Proves Superstar Eta Carinae Shoots Cosmic Rays
Data from NuSTAR show that a well-studied luminous star is accelerating particles to high energies.
06/29/2018
Celebrating Caltech's Founder and Builder of Large Telescopes
Whitney Clavin
George Ellery Hale, born 150 years ago on June 29, helped transform not just Caltech but all of astronomy.
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.
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