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02/20/2019

In Colliding Galaxies, a Pipsqueak Shines Bright

NuSTAR has released a new view of the nearby Whirlpool galaxy and its companion galaxy, M51b.

02/20/2019

Kip Thorne Looks Back...and Ahead

In his February 27 Watson Lecture, Thorne will discuss the "warped side of our universe," and speculate on future discoveries about the birth of our universe and of the laws that govern it.

02/14/2019

LIGO Receives New Funding to Search for Cosmic Events

Whitney Clavin

The NSF is awarding Caltech and MIT $20.4 million to upgrade LIGO, with additional funding coming from the United Kingdom and Australia.

Engineers installing Advanced LIGO upgrades.

02/13/2019

NASA Selects Caltech-led SPHEREx Space Mission

Whitney Clavin

The SPHEREx sky-surveying mission will answer questions about the origins of the universe.

02/07/2019

ZTF Nabs Supernovae, Stars, and More

Whitney Clavin

New discoveries from the Zwicky Transient Facility include exploding stars, near-Earth asteroids, and more.

01/25/2019

Senior Named Churchill Scholar

Lorinda Dajose

Daniel Assumpcao is one of 16 students in the country to be selected for the scholarship, which funds one academic year of graduate study at the University of Cambridge.

01/24/2019

Black Hole Smash-Ups

Whitney Clavin

Using machine-learning programs, physicists have created a precise model for the end state of black hole collisions.

simulated picture of two merging black holes

01/10/2019

All Eyes on a Big Blast Called "Cow"

Whitney Clavin

Caltech astronomers find new clues in the mystery of a dramatic cosmic event.

ALMA, NuSTAR and the Submillimeter Array

01/09/2019

Magnetar Mysteries in our Galaxy and Beyond

Whitney Clavin

When researchers looked at an exotic object called a magnetar, located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, they found some surprises.

12/18/2018

Young Star Caught in a Fit of Growth

Whitney Clavin

Astronomers have witnessed a rare "FU Ori" stellar outburst in both infrared and visible light for the first time.

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