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02/11/2016

Einstein's Prediction Confirmed by LIGO

Kathy Svitil

LIGO opens a new window on the universe with the observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.

02/05/2016

Astronomer Receives Instrumentation Award

Lorinda Dajose

Jamie Bock has received the Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation.

02/04/2016

Contemplating a Quantum Future

Kimm Fesenmaier

The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter hosted an all-day Quantum Summit on January 27, bringing together scientists and engineers to discuss progress in the quantum realm.

01/27/2016

Novel Tool Aids Exoplanet Hunt

Adam Hadhazy

Caltech, JPL, and NIST researchers have developed a simple, cost-effective laser frequency comb, potentially simplifying measurements of the telltale "wobbles" from stars that reveal the presence and properties of planets around other stars.

01/21/2016

Hopkins Receives Honors from the AAS

Lorinda Dajose

Assistant Professor Philip Hopkins has received the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy.

Phil Hopkins standing in front of a chalkboard with equations

01/20/2016

Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet

Kimm Fesenmaier

The giant planet, discovered through mathematical modeling and computer simulations, is nicknamed Planet Nine and traces a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system.

01/19/2016

An Entangled Evening of Quantum Science

Tom Waldman

Caltech celebrates the past and present of quantum science and considers future possibilities that have the potential to revolution society.

01/06/2016

Cosmic Clumpy Doughnuts Surround Black Holes

Scientists at Caltech and JPL have discovered that black holes are surrounded by clumpy rings of gas and dust.

11/30/2015

How to Power Jet-Driven Supernovae

Kimm Fesenmaier

New simulations show how a dynamo in collapsed massive stars can build the strong magnetic fields needed to power extremely energetic blasts.

11/18/2015

Dark Matter Dominates in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy

Lorinda Dajose

A Caltech researcher has measured what could be the highest concentration of dark matter in any known galaxy.

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