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Lone Planetary-Mass Object Found
04/19/2016

Lone Planetary-Mass Object Found

A new study provides clues to the mystery of free-floating planets, worlds which sit in the darkness of space without any companion planets or even a host sun.
The Transforming World of Neutrinos
04/13/2016

The Transforming World of Neutrinos

Lorinda Dajose
The first results from NOvA, an experiment studying fundamental questions in neutrino physics.
JPL News: The Mystery of Migrating "Hot Jupiters"
03/28/2016

JPL News: The Mystery of Migrating "Hot Jupiters"

How do some gas giant planets end up so feverishly close to their stars? NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope finds new clues.
Students and Postdocs Helped Make Sure LIGO Was Listening
03/22/2016

Students and Postdocs Helped Make Sure LIGO Was Listening

Kimm Fesenmaier
A number of Caltech graduate students and postdocs played pivotal roles in getting the twin LIGO interferometers operating with the sensitivity to detect the first signals of gravitational waves.
Discovered: Colossal "Super Spiral" Galaxies
03/17/2016

Discovered: Colossal "Super Spiral" Galaxies

A strange new kind of galactic beast has been spotted in the cosmic wilderness. Dubbed "super spirals," these unprecedented galaxies dwarf our own Milky Way.
The Thunder of Gravity in the Cosmos
03/04/2016

The Thunder of Gravity in the Cosmos

Lorinda Dajose
Caltech professor of physics Rana Adhikari will describe how our understanding of the quantum physics of the very, very small has allowed us to explore the gravitational physics of the very, very large.
Rana Adhikari
JPL News: Scouting for Kuiper Belt Objects
03/03/2016

JPL News: Scouting for Kuiper Belt Objects

The Caltech HIgh-speed Multi-color camERA (CHIMERA) system is looking for objects in the Kuiper Belt, the band of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune that includes Pluto.
LIGO Panel - Our New Window on the Universe
03/03/2016

LIGO Panel - Our New Window on the Universe

Lorinda Dajose
Scientists reflect on the history, the detection, the science, and the future of the field of gravitational wave astronomy.
JPL News: Pulsar Web Could Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves
02/24/2016

JPL News: Pulsar Web Could Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves

A new study from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) has shown that low-frequency gravitational waves could soon be detectable by existing radio telescopes.
Caltech Asteroid Hunter Gives TED Talk
02/19/2016

Caltech Asteroid Hunter Gives TED Talk

Lorinda Dajose
Carrie Nugent spoke at the 2016 TED conference about her work discovering, naming, and characterizing asteroids.