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01/29/2024

Watson Lecture: Shri Kulkarni Discusses Scanning the Night Sky

Katie Neith

In this Watson Lecture, Shri Kulkarni, Zwicky Transient Facility's principal investigator and the George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, will discuss the history and development of ZTF, a public-private partnership aimed at the systematic exploration of the optical night sky.

Image of Shri Kulkarni in purple shirt and grey blazer in front of fountain

01/26/2024

75 Years Later, Palomar Observatory Still Shaping Astronomy

Whitney Clavin

Formerly the world’s largest working telescope for more than 40 years, the facility remains cutting-edge thanks to new instrumentation

01/24/2024

#SoCaltech: Adolfo Carvalho

Jon Nalick

Astrophysics graduate student Adolfo Carvalho won the Rose Bowl Half Marathon on Sunday, January 21, in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 26 seconds He competed against more than 5,000 other participants.

Astrophysics graduate student Adolfo Carvalho crossing the finish line for the Rose Bowl Half Marathon

01/22/2024

New Data, Same Great Appearance for M87*

Emily Velasco

An astronomy team that includes Caltech researchers has generated a new image of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humans. The reproducibility of M87*'s likeness with new data helps to validate the original work.

01/10/2024

Tilted Orbits

Whitney Clavin

How the orbital inclinations of brown dwarfs reveal clues about their formation.

01/08/2024

How an Undergraduate Came to Work on Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator

Caltech undergraduate Raha Riazati helped design the ground station equipment to detect a signal beamed from space as part of the Space Solar Power Project.

An artistic rendering of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator

01/03/2024

Caltech on Path to Decarbonize

Ann Motrunich

Sustainability advisory council plans long-term transformation, realizes immediate gains

Tall trees shade a paved path where people bike and walk. Caltech banners hang from lights.

12/20/2023

It's a (More) Wonderful Life, Thanks to Caltech Students, Staff, and Researchers

Ann Motrunich

Here are some of the ways, big and small, that the Caltech community made an impact on other people’s lives in 2023.

David Cagan and Rebecca Ramirez in the lab

12/19/2023

Prepping for Data From the Roman Space Telescope

Cynthia Eller

Three project infrastructure teams (PITs) are ramping up in Pasadena, preparing to clean, analyze, and disseminate data from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in three years.

space telescope against a purple background

12/19/2023

Telescope Dismantled and Heading to New Mission in Chile

Whitney Clavin

The venerable mirror of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory has been transported down Maunakea, where it awaits shipment to Chile for a new mission.

Lifting of the primary mirror truss off the telescope base.

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