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ZTF Finds Closest Known Asteroid to Fly By Earth
08/18/2020

ZTF Finds Closest Known Asteroid to Fly By Earth

Whitney Clavin
Sky-scanning instrument at Palomar Observatory catches asteroid ...
Asteroid 2020 QG appears as a streak.
Reimagining a Community-Building and Mentorship Program for Incoming Students
08/13/2020

Reimagining a Community-Building and Mentorship Program for Incoming Students

Andrew Moseman
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Screenshot of FSRI students on Zoom
Untangling Particles with Artificial Intelligence
08/05/2020

Untangling Particles with Artificial Intelligence

Whitney Clavin
Particle physicist Jennifer Ngadiuba discusses how AI technologies ...
Jennifer Ngadiuba
Caltech-led Research Partnership Lands a $60 Million Department of Energy Project to Advance Fuels from Sunlight
07/29/2020

Caltech-led Research Partnership Lands a $60 Million Department of Energy Project to Advance Fuels from Sunlight

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close-up research photo
From the Break Through Campaign: Caltech's Kortschak Scholars Program Builds a New Community
07/15/2020

From the Break Through Campaign: Caltech's Kortschak Scholars Program Builds a New Community

Andrew Moseman
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Caltech Kortschak Scholars for 2020
Quantum Fluctuations Can "Kick" Objects on the Human Scale
07/02/2020

Quantum Fluctuations Can "Kick" Objects on the Human Scale

A new LIGO Laboratory study demonstrates how the minuscule ...
picture of LIGO's mirrors
Kathryn Zurek Wins Simons Investigator Award
07/01/2020

Kathryn Zurek Wins Simons Investigator Award

Whitney Clavin
Physicist who studies dark matter named a 2020 Simons Investigator.
Kathryn Zurek
Experiment at CERN makes the first observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers simultaneously
06/25/2020

Experiment at CERN makes the first observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers simultaneously

Emily Velasco
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An artist's depiction of a boson-producing event. Colored streaks emanate from within a cylinder.
Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded with Light
06/25/2020

Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded with Light

Whitney Clavin
Astronomers have seen what might amount to the first light ever ...
Artist's concept of a supermassive black hole, with a binary pair of black holes in its disk.
LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"
06/23/2020

LIGO-Virgo Finds Mystery Object in "Mass Gap"

Whitney Clavin
The LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave network has identified an ...
Artwork showing a black hole merging with a black hole or neutron star.