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Fiona Harrison Honored with Massey Award
08/09/2016

Fiona Harrison Honored with Massey Award

Whitney Clavin
Fiona Harrison, principal investigator of NASA's NuSTAR mission, has been selected to receive the 2016 Massey Award.
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Ahmed Zewail
08/02/2016

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Zewail, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry, professor of physics, and director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology at Caltech, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. He was 70 years old.
Chorus of Black Holes Radiates X-Rays
07/28/2016

Chorus of Black Holes Radiates X-Rays

Whitney Clavin
The NuSTAR mission is identifying which black holes erupt with the highest-energy X-rays.
More Than 100 New Planets Confirmed
07/25/2016

More Than 100 New Planets Confirmed

Using data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, scientists have confirmed 104 planets outside of our solar system.
Kepler
High School Students Hunt for Pulsars
07/18/2016

High School Students Hunt for Pulsars

Lorinda Dajose
Caltech's partnership in the Pulsar Search Collaboratory offers local high school students the opportunity to conduct astronomy research.
Math and Physics Professors Named Simons Investigators
07/07/2016

Math and Physics Professors Named Simons Investigators

Lorinda Dajose
Anton Kapustin and Vladimir Markovic will each be awarded $100,000 annually for five years as part of the fellowship.
Newborn Exoplanet Discovered
06/20/2016

Newborn Exoplanet Discovered

Lorinda Dajose
The discovery of an exoplanet that is essentially still in its infancy is an important step to understanding how planets, including the Earth, form.
Gravitational Waves Detected a Second Time
06/15/2016

Gravitational Waves Detected a Second Time

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo collaboration identify a second gravitational wave event in the data from Advanced LIGO detectors.
illustration of gravitational waves
Live Webcast: Ligo, Virgo Scientists to Discuss Continued Search for Gravitational Waves
06/14/2016

Live Webcast: Ligo, Virgo Scientists to Discuss Continued Search for Gravitational Waves

The latest research in the effort to detect gravitational waves will be discussed in a press briefing on Wednesday, June 15.
Prebiotic Molecule Found in Interstellar Cloud
06/14/2016

Prebiotic Molecule Found in Interstellar Cloud

Lorinda Dajose
For the first time, a chiral molecule has been detected outside of our solar system. The discovery is an important step to understanding the origins of life.
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