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Physicists to Listen Closely to Black Holes Ring
05/25/2023

Physicists to Listen Closely to Black Holes Ring

Whitney Clavin
New methods will allow for better tests of Einstein’s general theory ...
Artwork of a ringing black hole
LIGO Ready to Explore Secrets of the Universe
05/24/2023

LIGO Ready to Explore Secrets of the Universe

Global network of gravitational-wave detectors starts next observing run
aerial photo of the LIGO facility in Livingston, Lousiana
Bridging the Gap Between Students and Faculty
05/22/2023

Bridging the Gap Between Students and Faculty

Whitney Clavin
Director of student programming and graduate student discuss ...
Back row, left to right: Andrew Graven, Sara Vanovac, and Dylan King. Front row, left to right: Mika Walton and Tara Leininger.
Star Eats Planet, Brightens Dramatically
05/03/2023

Star Eats Planet, Brightens Dramatically

Whitney Clavin
ZTF and NEOWISE spot evidence for the first known case of a star ...
Artwork of a planet skimming the surface of a star.
The Bizarre Behavior of Black Holes
05/01/2023

The Bizarre Behavior of Black Holes

Whitney Clavin
Researchers at Caltech study all manner of odd black hole ...
Artist's concept of a supermassive black hole, with a binary pair of black holes in its disk.
Caltech Remembers Stanley Deser (1931–2023)
04/27/2023

Caltech Remembers Stanley Deser (1931–2023)

Whitney Clavin
Stanley Deser, a theoretical physicist known for his achievements ...
Stanley Deser
Newly Observed Effect Makes Atoms Transparent to Certain Frequencies of Light
04/26/2023

Newly Observed Effect Makes Atoms Transparent to Certain Frequencies of Light

Robert Perkins
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Optical cavity
The Young Cluster of Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe
04/24/2023

The Young Cluster of Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe

Lori Dajose
Astronomers have looked back in time billions of years to ...
An image of many oval and spiral shaped galaxies
At the Edge of Physics
04/21/2023

At the Edge of Physics

Whitney Clavin
New professor Lee McCuller is making quantum measurements ...
Lee McCuller
Caltech Labs Go Green: New Program Facilitates Sustainable Research Practices
04/21/2023

Caltech Labs Go Green: New Program Facilitates Sustainable Research Practices

Julia Ehlert
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Echevarria Perez works in the Prober lab