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Math Celebration at Caltech Builds Community
07/05/2024

Math Celebration at Caltech Builds Community

Ann Motrunich
A public math fair in celebration of the 30th birthday of the American Institute of Mathematics drew hundreds of families to Caltech's campus.
A crowd of families stands under trees and shade umbrellas on campus
Caltech's Submillimeter Observatory Has Been Removed from Maunakea
07/02/2024

Caltech's Submillimeter Observatory Has Been Removed from Maunakea

The final components of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) have been removed from a valley atop Maunakea in Hawai‘i, and the land at the site has been restored.
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
Cosmic Simulation Reveals How Black Holes Grow and Evolve
07/02/2024

Cosmic Simulation Reveals How Black Holes Grow and Evolve

Kimm Fesenmaier
A new computer simulation upends ideas about feeding black holes that astronomers have held since the 1970s.
This still shows an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole.
Caltech Float Brings "Space for Everyone" to LA Pride Parade
06/27/2024

Caltech Float Brings "Space for Everyone" to LA Pride Parade

Julia Ehlert
Caltech community members embodied queer joy and a passion for STEM with Caltech’s first-ever float in the LA Pride Parade.
Sofia Fatigoni and Riccardo Caniato on the Caltech float
A Big Eye on the Universe: 75 Years of the Palomar Observatory
06/21/2024

A Big Eye on the Universe: 75 Years of the Palomar Observatory

Whitney Clavin
Palomar Observatory’s Hale Telescope still delivers discoveries 75 years after its first light.
Palomar today (left); vintage image of the telescope (right)
The Awakening of a Massive Black Hole
06/18/2024

The Awakening of a Massive Black Hole

Cynthia Eller
A formerly calm, unchanging galaxy becomes very bright, signaling new activity from the massive black hole at its center.
A glowing disc of material with cloudlike material around it are lit up in the center of a dark image with a few bright starlike spots.
Caltech Announces Newest Cohort of Leadership Chairs and Named Professorships
06/17/2024

Caltech Announces Newest Cohort of Leadership Chairs and Named Professorships

This year, Caltech recognizes two faculty members with leadership chairs and 13 with named professorships.
An aerial image of campus centered on Caltech Hall
NASA Space Mission to Uncover Secrets of Exoplanets, Dark Energy, and More
06/17/2024

NASA Space Mission to Uncover Secrets of Exoplanets, Dark Energy, and More

Caltech's IPAC astronomy center is a partner on the mission.
Artwork depicting the Landolt spacecraft
Before the Telescope: Palomar's Indigenous Astronomers
06/13/2024

Before the Telescope: Palomar's Indigenous Astronomers

Cynthia Eller
Palomar Observatory creates a new digital exhibition to document the first astronomers at Palomar, the Indigenous peoples who observed and related to the night sky.
The night sky, showing the Pleiades, a collection of stars on the left center of the image, and the star Aldebaran on the lower right.
#SoCaltech: Meet Caltech's 2024 Graduates
06/12/2024

#SoCaltech: Meet Caltech's 2024 Graduates

Jon Nalick
Nine of Caltech’s 2024 graduates discuss the value of curiosity, perseverance, creativity, and lessons learned during their time at the Institute.
Laura Luebbert