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Cosmic Simulation Reveals How Black Holes Grow and Evolve
07/02/2024

Cosmic Simulation Reveals How Black Holes Grow and Evolve

Kimm Fesenmaier
A new computer simulation upends ideas about feeding black ...
This still shows an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole.
Caltech Float Brings "Space for Everyone" to LA Pride Parade
06/27/2024

Caltech Float Brings "Space for Everyone" to LA Pride Parade

Julia Ehlert
Caltech community members embodied queer joy and a passion ...
Sofia Fatigoni and Riccardo Caniato on the Caltech float
A Big Eye on the Universe: 75 Years of the Palomar Observatory
06/21/2024

A Big Eye on the Universe: 75 Years of the Palomar Observatory

Whitney Clavin
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Palomar today (left); vintage image of the telescope (right)
The Awakening of a Massive Black Hole
06/18/2024

The Awakening of a Massive Black Hole

Cynthia Eller
A formerly calm, unchanging galaxy becomes very bright, ...
A glowing disc of material with cloudlike material around it are lit up in the center of a dark image with a few bright starlike spots.
Caltech Announces Newest Cohort of Leadership Chairs and Named Professorships
06/17/2024

Caltech Announces Newest Cohort of Leadership Chairs and Named Professorships

This year, Caltech recognizes two faculty members with leadership ...
An aerial image of campus centered on Caltech Hall
NASA Space Mission to Uncover Secrets of Exoplanets, Dark Energy, and More
06/17/2024

NASA Space Mission to Uncover Secrets of Exoplanets, Dark Energy, and More

Caltech's IPAC astronomy center is a partner on the mission.
Artwork depicting the Landolt spacecraft
Caltech Honors Graduates at 130th Commencement Ceremony
06/14/2024

Caltech Honors Graduates at 130th Commencement Ceremony

Julia Ehlert
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Confetti falls on the graduating class of 2024 at Commencement
Before the Telescope: Palomar's Indigenous Astronomers
06/13/2024

Before the Telescope: Palomar's Indigenous Astronomers

Cynthia Eller
Palomar Observatory creates a new digital exhibition to document ...
The night sky, showing the Pleiades, a collection of stars on the left center of the image, and the star Aldebaran on the lower right.
#SoCaltech: Meet Caltech's 2024 Graduates
06/12/2024

#SoCaltech: Meet Caltech's 2024 Graduates

Jon Nalick
Nine of Caltech’s 2024 graduates discuss the value of curiosity, ...
Laura Luebbert
Edward C. Stone, 1936-2024
06/11/2024

Edward C. Stone, 1936-2024

Caltech mourns the loss of Edward C. Stone, leader of humanity’s first foray into interstellar space.
A man standing in front of a large model of a spacecraft