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Native Americans Name Asteroid 'Ayló'chaxnim or 'Venus Girl'
06/09/2022

Native Americans Name Asteroid 'Ayló'chaxnim or 'Venus Girl'

Whitney Clavin
The Pauma band of San Diego has named an asteroid that orbits close to the sun 'Ayló'chaxnim or "Venus Girl."
Pauma band members walk up to the 200-inch Hale Telescope
LIGO Hanford's New 13,000-Square-Foot Educational Center is Open
06/07/2022

LIGO Hanford's New 13,000-Square-Foot Educational Center is Open

Whitney Clavin
Funded by $8.1-million in grants from the state of Washington, The LIGO Exploration Center aims to inspire curiosity in people of all backgrounds and ages.
Picture of Amber trunk cutting the blue ribbon in front of the LIGO Exploration Center.
Four Faculty Members, Five Alums Elected to National Academy of Sciences
06/01/2022

Four Faculty Members, Five Alums Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Emily Velasco
Caltech Faculty members elected to the Academy this year include Bil Clemons, Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Michael Elowitz, and Nicholas Scoville.
Caltech Researchers Help Generate First Image of Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
05/12/2022

Caltech Researchers Help Generate First Image of Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

Robert Perkins
Event Horizon Telescope team captures the first image of Sagittarius A*.
Black Hole 1
Nanofabrication Courses Let Caltech Undergraduates Get Hands-on at the Smallest Scales
05/09/2022

Nanofabrication Courses Let Caltech Undergraduates Get Hands-on at the Smallest Scales

Andrew Moseman
APh/EE 150, a new undergraduate course on nanofabrication techniques, is being taught for the first time this term.
Changsoon Choi working at the electron microscope in Axel Scherer's lab.
"Black Widow" Star Devours Its Rapidly Circling Companion
05/04/2022

"Black Widow" Star Devours Its Rapidly Circling Companion

Whitney Clavin
Finding represents the shortest-period black widow binary found to date
An illustration of a black widow pulsar destroying its companion.
Watson Lecture on May 11: Scott Cushing on What We Can Learn from Quantum Entanglement
05/03/2022

Watson Lecture on May 11: Scott Cushing on What We Can Learn from Quantum Entanglement

Andrew Moseman
On Wednesday, May 11, at 5 p.m. PDT, Scott Cushing, Caltech assistant professor of chemistry and KNI-Wheatley Scholar in Nanoscience, will continue the 2021–22 Watson Lecture season with "What Entanglement Can Tell Us About Our World."
Portrait of Scott Cushing
Quantum in the Classroom
04/13/2022

Quantum in the Classroom

Whitney Clavin
For World Quantum Day, Caltech and partners introduce quantum lessons for teachers and their students.
Screenshot from quantum chess showing two kings in superposition.
Putting Tried-and-True Theories to the Test
04/12/2022

Putting Tried-and-True Theories to the Test

Whitney Clavin
Katerina Chatziioannou talks about the space-distorting environments of neutron stars.
Katerina Chatziioannou
Exoplanet Count Tops 5,000
03/21/2022

Exoplanet Count Tops 5,000

Whitney Clavin
Jessie Christiansen of NASA's Exoplanet Archive discusses the latest milestone.
Jessie Christiansen
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