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Supersonic Gas Jets Blast Off
02/28/2017

Supersonic Gas Jets Blast Off

Lorinda Dajose
A new discovery about jets of gas bursting from the surface of ...
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NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star
02/22/2017

NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known ...
Abstract Concept of TRAPPIST-1 System
Two Physicists Named Sloan Fellows
02/21/2017

Two Physicists Named Sloan Fellows

Lorinda Dajose
Xie Chen and Manuel Endres study the quantum properties of ...
Sloan Foundation logo
Long Haul, Towering Discovery
02/14/2017

Long Haul, Towering Discovery

Kip Thorne talks about the years leading up to LIGO’s first detection of gravitational waves.
Kip Thorne
JPL News: Spitzer Hears Stellar "Heartbeat"
02/14/2017

JPL News: Spitzer Hears Stellar "Heartbeat"

A planet and a star are having a tumultuous romance that can be detected from 370 light-years away.
illustration of a blue planet orbiting a yellow sun
Graduate Students Peer into Cosmic Web
02/13/2017

Graduate Students Peer into Cosmic Web

Lorinda Dajose
The Keck Cosmic Web Imager will be used at the W. M. Keck ...
The Keck Cosmic Web Imager, under construction.
Caltech Astronomer Receives Dan David Prize
02/10/2017

Caltech Astronomer Receives Dan David Prize

Whitney Clavin
Caltech's Shri Kulkarni will share the 2017 Dan David Prize with the ...
photo of Shrinivas (Shri) Kulkarni
Neil Gehrels (PhD '82), 1952–2017
02/10/2017

Neil Gehrels (PhD '82), 1952–2017

Whitney Clavin
Caltech mourns the loss of alumnus Neil Gehrels, a leader in the ...
photo of Neil Gehrels
Politics and American Higher Education
01/31/2017

Politics and American Higher Education

Judy Hill
Four presidents discuss the role of institutions of higher education ...
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New Planet Imager Delivers First Science
01/30/2017

New Planet Imager Delivers First Science

Whitney Clavin
The Keck Observatory's vortex coronagraph has the potential to ...
Brown dwarf HIP 79124 B