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Neil Gehrels (PhD '82), 1952–2017
02/10/2017
Neil Gehrels (PhD '82), 1952–2017
Whitney Clavin
Caltech mourns the loss of alumnus Neil Gehrels, a leader in the study of cosmic gamma-ray bursts.
New Planet Imager Delivers First Science
01/30/2017
New Planet Imager Delivers First Science
Whitney Clavin
The Keck Observatory's vortex coronagraph has the potential to image planetary systems closer to their host stars than was possible before.
NAS Honors LIGO Researchers
01/26/2017
NAS Honors LIGO Researchers
Whitney Clavin
The National Academy of Sciences is honoring five members of the LIGO team with two distinguished prizes.
Problem Solving, One Avocado at a Time
01/24/2017
Problem Solving, One Avocado at a Time
Judy Hill
For the handful of students in Caltech's legendary Physics 11 seminar, jumping over hurdles is just the beginning.
NuSTAR Observes 'Chameleon Supernova'
01/24/2017
NuSTAR Observes 'Chameleon Supernova'
The supernova SN 2014C dramatically changed in appearance over the course of a year, surprising astronomers.
New Instrument Poised to Image the Cosmic Web
01/12/2017
New Instrument Poised to Image the Cosmic Web
Whitney Clavin
A Caltech team has designed and built a new imaging spectrograph to map streams of gas that feed forming galaxies.
2017 Pierce Prize Goes to Evan Kirby
01/11/2017
2017 Pierce Prize Goes to Evan Kirby
Whitney Clavin
Evan Kirby has won the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy, an annual award presented by the American Astronomical Society.
The Case of the 'Missing Link' Neutron Star
01/06/2017
The Case of the 'Missing Link' Neutron Star
A mysterious neutron star has been caught behaving like two distinct objects—a radio pulsar and a magnetar.
A Gift of History, a Gift for the Future
01/03/2017
A Gift of History, a Gift for the Future
The path that the late Nobel laureate Donald Glaser (PhD ’50) cut in the scientific world was distinctively Caltech.
Caltech Computes
12/20/2016
Caltech Computes
Robert Perkins
Now a decade old, Caltech's Information Science and Technology initiative is uniting disciplines across campus by offering new and more effective ways of tackling previously intractable challenges.
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