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Innovation Speaker Series Highlights Inspiring Researchers, Technologists
07/14/2017

Innovation Speaker Series Highlights Inspiring Researchers, Technologists

Jon Nalick
The weekly science and technology talks will be presented each Thursday through August 3.
Sean Carroll, research professor of physics at Caltech, recently spoke on physics and cosmology as part of the Innovation Speaker Series.
Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller
07/11/2017

Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller

New research from Elise Furlan of Caltech is helping to determine the true density of planets.
Cartoon of sun and planet
Nick Scoville Wins Prestigious Astronomy Prize
07/10/2017

Nick Scoville Wins Prestigious Astronomy Prize

Whitney Clavin
Nick Scoville, who led the COSMOS sky survey for its first 10 years, has been awarded the 2017 Bruce Medal.
Nick Scoville
"The Farthest—Voyager In Space"
06/26/2017

"The Farthest—Voyager In Space"

The Farthest tells the story of NASA's Voyager mission and its journey to the outer planets and beyond.
Join science journalist Miles O'Brien in conversation with Voyager team members.
Lensless Camera
06/21/2017

Lensless Camera

Robert Perkins
Engineers have built a camera that does not need lenses to focus light.
The OPA chip placed on a penny for scale
The 2017 Library Thesis Prize
06/20/2017

The 2017 Library Thesis Prize

Lorinda Dajose
Senior Daniel Lim has received the 2017 Library Friends' Senior Thesis Prize for his work on sculpting nanofilms with laser illumination.
Soon Wei Daniel Lim
New "Species" of Exoplanets Illuminated
06/19/2017

New "Species" of Exoplanets Illuminated

Whitney Clavin
In a new Caltech-led study, researchers have classified exoplanets in much the same way that biologists identify new animal species.
Family tree of exoplanets
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
Father of Keck Telescope Passes Away
06/14/2017

Father of Keck Telescope Passes Away

Whitney Clavin
Caltech alumnus Jerry Nelson was the principal designer for the W. M. Keck Observatory—the world's largest observatory atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
Jerry Nelson
The Art of Exoplanets
06/08/2017

The Art of Exoplanets

Whitney Clavin
Caltech space artists Robert Hurt and Tim Pyle help scientists imagine the exotic landscapes of other worlds.
image of the surface of TRAPPIST-1f
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