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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 ...
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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
Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
10/05/2018

Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space

The Voyager 2 spacecraft may be getting close to edge of vast bubble around the sun.
Graphic of Voyager 1 and 2
Wilhelmus A. J. Luxemburg (1929–2018)
10/02/2018

Wilhelmus A. J. Luxemburg (1929–2018)

Wilhelmus Luxemburg, emeritus professor of mathematics at Caltech, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was 89 years old.
Wilhelmus A. J. Luxemburg
Caltech Awarded Federal Funding for Quantum Research
09/25/2018

Caltech Awarded Federal Funding for Quantum Research

Whitney Clavin
Caltech scientists have won federal grants for research in ...
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Palomar's Samuel Oschin Telescope Turns 70
09/24/2018

Palomar's Samuel Oschin Telescope Turns 70

Whitney Clavin
Historic telescope's discoveries include everything from thousands ...
George Abell at 48-inch telescope
President Rosenbaum Highlights Postdocs as "Unsung Heroes"
09/22/2018

President Rosenbaum Highlights Postdocs as "Unsung Heroes"

In a letter to the Caltech community during Postdoc Appreciation ...
National Postdoc Association Logo
Caltech to Celebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week
09/17/2018

Caltech to Celebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Jon Nalick
Events will honor contributions postdocs make to research.
members of the Caltech Postdoc Association hold a banner for Postdoc Appreciation Week.
Jet of Near Light Speed Material Observed
09/05/2018

Jet of Near Light Speed Material Observed

Elise Cutts
An international team of researchers, including two Caltech ...
Artist's impression of neutron star merger
Higgs Boson Observed in Haystack of Quarks
08/28/2018

Higgs Boson Observed in Haystack of Quarks

New observations from CERN show the Higgs boson decaying into pairs of bottom quarks.
CMS