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Bands of Clouds Swirl Across Brown Dwarf's Surface
05/05/2020

Bands of Clouds Swirl Across Brown Dwarf's Surface

Whitney Clavin
For the first time, astronomers have used a tool called polarimetry ...
Artwork of a rotating striped brown dwarf.
Rotating Galaxies Galore
04/21/2020

Rotating Galaxies Galore

Whitney Clavin
An ambitious international sky survey has released a new catalog ...
Rotating galaxies imaged by ALMA.
From Caltech Magazine: #SoCaltech: Alexander Zlokapa
04/20/2020

From Caltech Magazine: #SoCaltech: Alexander Zlokapa

Alexander Zlokapa (BS '21) is a Caltech undergraduate student majoring in physics who has led a variety of student efforts to ...
Alexander Zlokapa
Black Hole Bends Light Back on Itself
04/08/2020

Black Hole Bends Light Back on Itself

Whitney Clavin
Astronomers detect light from a disk around a black hole being ...
Artist's concept of a black hole surrounding by an accretion disk.
New Superconducting Film Resists a Magnet's Power to Thwart It
04/01/2020

New Superconducting Film Resists a Magnet's Power to Thwart It

Andrew Moseman
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Professor Joseph Falson
Math Professor and Students Take 'Random Walk' Together
03/26/2020

Math Professor and Students Take 'Random Walk' Together

Whitney Clavin
A solution to a math problem "just flowed out," according to math ...
Joshua Frisch, Omer Tamuz, and Pooya Vahidi Ferdowsi discuss a math problem at Caltech.
Nikolai Makarov Honored with 2020 Schock Prize
03/19/2020

Nikolai Makarov Honored with 2020 Schock Prize

Whitney Clavin
Caltech mathematician Nikolai Makarov has won the 2020 Schock ...
Nikolai Makarov
Shining New Light on Dark Matter
02/28/2020

Shining New Light on Dark Matter

Whitney Clavin
Kathryn Zurek talks about the ongoing search for an invisible ...
Kathryn Zurek
Researchers Selected for First Class of AAS Fellows
02/27/2020

Researchers Selected for First Class of AAS Fellows

Robert Perkins
Fiona Harrison, Andrew Ingersoll, and Anneila Sargent among ...
AAS Fellows
Aerospace Leader and Influential Advisor Norman R. Augustine to Give Caltech's 126th Commencement Address
02/27/2020

Aerospace Leader and Influential Advisor Norman R. Augustine to Give Caltech's 126th Commencement Address

The retired CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation and former chair ...
sea of graduation caps at Commencement