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Voyager Spacecraft Celebrates 40 Years in Space
08/17/2017

Voyager Spacecraft Celebrates 40 Years in Space

Whitney Clavin
A new video highlights Caltech professor Ed Stone, the only person ever to have held the position of project scientist for NASA's Voyager mission.
Ed Stone
Q&A with Planet Hunter Andrew Howard
06/14/2017

Q&A with Planet Hunter Andrew Howard

Whitney Clavin
New professor of astronomy Andrew Howard discusses the diversity of exoplanets and the search for an Earth-like world.
Andrew Howard
The Power of Entanglement
05/20/2016

The Power of Entanglement

Lorinda Dajose
Fernando Brandão explains quantum information science and its power to revolutionize computing and cryptographic systems.
Hunting for Ephemeral Cosmic Flashes
02/12/2016

Hunting for Ephemeral Cosmic Flashes

Kimm Fesenmaier
The new assistant professor of astronomy discusses her passion for discovering and studying cosmic transients as well as her efforts to follow up on LIGO's detections of gravitational waves.
The Planet Finder: A Conversation with Dimitri Mawet
05/15/2015

The Planet Finder: A Conversation with Dimitri Mawet

Douglas Smith
Associate Professor of Astronomy Dimitri Mawet, who recently joined Caltech from the Paranal Observatory in Chile, searches for solar systems around other stars, and hopes to one day discover a planet much like our own.
Dimitri Mawet
Prime Numbers, Quantum Fields, and Donuts: An Interview with Xinwen Zhu
12/05/2014

Prime Numbers, Quantum Fields, and Donuts: An Interview with Xinwen Zhu

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Xinwen Zhu, associate professor of mathematics, joined the Caltech faculty in September. He tells us about himself and his work with a web of mathematical conjectures called the Langlands program.
No Galaxy Too Small: An Interview with Evan Kirby
10/31/2014

No Galaxy Too Small: An Interview with Evan Kirby

Douglas Smith
"I study the smallest galaxies we know about...These galaxies are interesting because they are part of our cosmic story. The first galaxies to form were small ones, and over time they got smashed together to build up bigger ones."
Evan Kirby, Caltech assistant professor of astronomy
Quantum Information Meets Condensed Matter
08/12/2014

Quantum Information Meets Condensed Matter

Cynthia Eller
Xie Chen comes to Caltech after a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley. She recently discussed with us her research interests and ambitions for her Caltech career.
Simulating Milliseconds of Stellar Collapse
05/01/2014

Simulating Milliseconds of Stellar Collapse

Cynthia Eller
Christian Ott, professor of theoretical astrophysics at Caltech, formulates scenarios for what happens when massive stars collapse.
Building BICEP2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock
03/17/2014

Building BICEP2: A Conversation with Jamie Bock

Cynthia Eller
Jamie Bock and his collaborators announced that they have successfully measured a B-mode polarization signal in the cosmic microwave background using the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole.
Jamie Bock
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