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"Green Comet" Viewing Event Brings Community Together
02/09/2023

"Green Comet" Viewing Event Brings Community Together

Julia Ehlert
Caltech’s astronomy outreach group hosted an event for community members to see and learn about the “green comet” discovered by Caltech-led Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at Palomar Observatory.
A cluster of stars as seen through a telescope's eyepiece, with a glowing green blob in the middle
Watson Lecture on February 8: Chuck Steidel (PhD '90) on Seeing Galaxies Form in the Ancient Universe Using JWST
02/01/2023

Watson Lecture on February 8: Chuck Steidel (PhD '90) on Seeing Galaxies Form in the Ancient Universe Using JWST

Katie Neith
On Wednesday, February 8, at 7:30 p.m. PT in Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, Chuck Steidel (PhD ’90), the Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astronomy, will continue the 100th anniversary season of the Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series with “Galactic Paleontology with JWST: Finding Living Fossils in the Ancient Universe.”
Chuck Steidel in front of Cahill
Randomness in Quantum Machines Helps Verify Their Accuracy
01/24/2023

Randomness in Quantum Machines Helps Verify Their Accuracy

Whitney Clavin
New error-detection method takes advantage of the way quantum information is scrambled.
An illustration of a pattern of quantum randomness.
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Decommissioning Update
01/19/2023

Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Decommissioning Update

The removal and restoration of the site is expected to be completed during 2023.
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
Do Electrons Spin?
01/17/2023

Do Electrons Spin?

Whitney Clavin
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Chip Sebens thinks they do thanks to their fields.
Illustration of electron spin
#SoCaltech: Sandra O'Neill
01/17/2023

#SoCaltech: Sandra O'Neill

Caltech Magazine
Sandra O’Neill, a fourth-year undergraduate student, co-authored a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters in February 2022 that showed evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date.
Sandra O'Neill wearing a black shirt and jeans, standing in front of an image of outer space
Counting Curves
01/13/2023

Counting Curves

Whitney Clavin
Professor of Mathematics Tony Yue Yu explains the mystery and power of the “non-Archimedean” world.
Tony Yue Yu
How Do Rocky Planets Really Form?
01/12/2023

How Do Rocky Planets Really Form?

Robert Perkins
A new theory could explain the origin and properties of systems of rocky super-Earths and their relationship with the terrestrial planets of the solar system.
Batygin Planet Factory
Cosmic Burst Probes Milky Way's Halo
01/09/2023

Cosmic Burst Probes Milky Way's Halo

Whitney Clavin
Results support theories that matter is flung out of galaxies
Illustration of our Milky Way's halo
Three Caltech Grad Students and Two Alumni Named Quad Fellows
01/06/2023

Three Caltech Grad Students and Two Alumni Named Quad Fellows

Julia Ehlert
Caltech graduate students Rikuto Fukumori, Gordon Li, and Ryoto Sekine and alumni Shubh Agrawal (BS ’22) and Kavya Sreedhar (BS ’19) have been named to the inaugural class of the Quad Fellowship.
Ryoto Sekine