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The First 50 Years of Planetary Science
02/18/2014

The First 50 Years of Planetary Science

Douglas Smith
If you ask Andy Ingersoll how Caltech has contributed to our understanding of the universe, he'll tell you, "Caltech invented planetary science!" Since the field's origins 50 years ago, Caltech has become one of the top planetary-science research centers.
NOvA Sees First Long-distance Neutrinos
02/11/2014

NOvA Sees First Long-distance Neutrinos

Cynthia Eller
The NOvA experiment, centered at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Chicago, has detected its first neutrinos.
Galaxies on FIRE: Star Feedback Results in Less Massive Galaxies
01/22/2014

Galaxies on FIRE: Star Feedback Results in Less Massive Galaxies

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
By incorporating the data of individual stars into whole-galaxy models, Caltech researchers can look at the actual effects of star feedback in the galaxies they study.
A still image from a FIRE simulation video, showing the gases in a galaxy. Magenta is cold molecular/atomic gas, which forms stars; green is warm ionized gas, most of which cools into a galaxy; red is 'hot' gas, which makes up the galaxy halo.
John H. Schwarz Wins the Fundamental Physics Prize
12/13/2013

John H. Schwarz Wins the Fundamental Physics Prize

Cynthia Eller
John H. Schwarz, the Harold Brown Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, and Michael B. Green of the University of Cambridge have been awarded the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize.
Massive Galaxy Cluster Verifies Predictions of Cosmological Theory
12/12/2013

Massive Galaxy Cluster Verifies Predictions of Cosmological Theory

Cynthia Eller
Caltech/JPL scientists and collaborators have detected for the first time in an individual object a change in the cosmic microwave background caused by its interaction with massive moving objects.
Stone Receives NASA Award
12/09/2013

Stone Receives NASA Award

Brian Bell
Edward C. Stone was awarded a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, presented by television personality Stephen Colbert on the December 3 broadcast of The Colbert Report.
From Spinning Black Holes to Exploding Stars: A New View of the Energetic Universe
12/02/2013

From Spinning Black Holes to Exploding Stars: A New View of the Energetic Universe

Douglas Smith
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, sees the high-energy X-rays emitted by the densest, hottest regions of the universe. Professor Harrison will describe NuSTAR's unlikely journey and share some of its remarkable results.
Peering Through the Intergalactic Dust
11/25/2013

Peering Through the Intergalactic Dust

Cynthia Eller
Where do you go to look at the stars? Away from city lights, certainly. But if you're serious about peering far out into space, to the observable edges of our universe, at submillimeter wavelengths, you have to do a little better than that.
Himiko and the Cosmic Dawn
11/21/2013

Himiko and the Cosmic Dawn

Cynthia Eller
Researchers have been using the combined resources of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to probe the primitive nature of Himiko, a distant "space blob."
Interactions in Space: An Interview with Philip Hopkins
11/14/2013

Interactions in Space: An Interview with Philip Hopkins

Jessica Stoller-Conrad
"I work on a broad range of topics, but basically I like studying how big things form. I study how galaxies form, how stars form, and how supermassive black holes form. Recently, I started studying how planets form"
Phil Hopkins standing in front of a chalkboard with equations
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