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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.
photo of Neil Gehrels
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.
Brown dwarf HIP 79124 B
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.
aerial photo of the LIGO facility in Livingston, Lousiana
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.
photo of Daniel Mark at a white board
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.
Chandra image of galaxy NGC 7331
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.
Chris Martin with KCWI
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.
Evan Kirby
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.
Pulsar artist's concept
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.
photo of Donald Glaser
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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