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New Fellowship Honors Robbie Vogt, Who Shaped World-Leading Observatories
08/16/2019

New Fellowship Honors Robbie Vogt, Who Shaped World-Leading Observatories

Initiated by longtime colleague Kip Thorne (BS '62), the Rochus E. Vogt Fellowship will support generations of Caltech graduate students in physics.
Kip Thorne, Ron Drever, and Robbie Vogt
Ghosts of Ancient Explosions Live on in Stars Today
08/05/2019

Ghosts of Ancient Explosions Live on in Stars Today

Lori Dajose
The chemical composition of certain stars gives clues about their predecessors, stars that have long since exploded and faded.
Image of a Type Ia supernova.
Dead Stars Found Whipping Around Each Other in Minutes
07/24/2019

Dead Stars Found Whipping Around Each Other in Minutes

Whitney Clavin
The Zwicky Transient Facility finds a rare duo of rapidly orbiting white dwarfs.
Artwork of white dwarfs
ZTF Spots Asteroid with Shortest Year
07/08/2019

ZTF Spots Asteroid with Shortest Year

Whitney Clavin
ZTF has spotted a rare bird of an asteroid that orbits entirely within Earth's orbit.
animated asteroid image
Fast Radio Burst Pinpointed to Distant Galaxy
07/02/2019

Fast Radio Burst Pinpointed to Distant Galaxy

Whitney Clavin
In a rare feat, astronomers have pinpointed the place of origin of a fast radio burst, with a surprising outcome.
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Spiraling Filaments Feed Young Galaxies
07/01/2019

Spiraling Filaments Feed Young Galaxies

Whitney Clavin
The Keck Cosmic Web Imager's improved sensitivity and resolution are giving astronomers a better look at galaxy mechanics.
Artwork of growing galaxy.
Gil Refael and Nets Katz Named Simons Investigators
06/20/2019

Gil Refael and Nets Katz Named Simons Investigators

Whitney Clavin
Physics and mathematics professors named Simon Investigators.
Nets Katz and Gil Refael
Cool, Nebulous Ring Found Around Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
06/05/2019

Cool, Nebulous Ring Found Around Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

A disk of cool gas has been spotted rotating around the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
ALMA image of cool disk
How a Giant 'Thermos Bottle' Will Help in Understanding Antimatter
06/05/2019

How a Giant 'Thermos Bottle' Will Help in Understanding Antimatter

Whitney Clavin
Researchers at Caltech are building magnetic coils and a large cryovessel as part of an ambitious experiment to explain why antimatter disappeared.
Members of the nEDM team stand in front of their magnetic cryovessel experimental apparatus
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019)
05/24/2019

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019)

Nobel Laureate Murray Gell-Mann, who predicted quarks, has passed away.
Murray Gell-Mann
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