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NASA Learns More about Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua
11/14/2018

NASA Learns More about Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua

New results from the Spitzer Space Telescope put limits on the size of the asteroid 'Oumuamua.
NASA Retires Kepler Space Telescope
10/30/2018

NASA Retires Kepler Space Telescope

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations.
Cat's Paw Nebula
10/23/2018

Cat's Paw Nebula

A bubbling star-forming region is highlighted in a new Spitzer image.
Students Build Exoplanet-Finding Telescope
10/17/2018

Students Build Exoplanet-Finding Telescope

Jon Nalick
Teenage students participate in 10-week project that aims to show amateurs how to do professional-level science
Caltech Professors Honored with 2019 New Horizons Prizes
10/17/2018

Caltech Professors Honored with 2019 New Horizons Prizes

Whitney Clavin
Caltech professors are honored for their work on detecting gravitational waves and number theory.
Opening up the Dynamic Infrared Sky
10/15/2018

Opening up the Dynamic Infrared Sky

Whitney Clavin
Mansi Kasliwal plans to survey the entire accessible night sky in infrared light every night.
Dying Star Emits a Whisper
10/11/2018

Dying Star Emits a Whisper

Lorinda Dajose
The unexpectedly gentle death of a massive star suggests that it was being robbed by a dense companion lurking out of sight.
Faculty Join Caltech
10/10/2018

Faculty Join Caltech

Caltech welcomes 12 faculty members who will join the Institute's six divisions over the academic year, representing fields ranging from cosmochemistry and microeconomics to genome engineering and the philosophical underpinnings of quantum theory.
How the Seeds of Planets Take Shape
10/10/2018

How the Seeds of Planets Take Shape

Whitney Clavin
A new class of dust and gas instabilities helps explain planet formation and other phenomena on Earth and in space.
Caltech Mentor's Legacy Lives on through a New Graduate Fellowship
10/05/2018

Caltech Mentor's Legacy Lives on through a New Graduate Fellowship

Anneila Sargent (MS ’67, PhD ’78) has made a gift to establish the Wallace L. W. Sargent Fellowship.
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