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Considering the Future
02/16/2016

Considering the Future

On February 26, some of the nation's leading scientists and researchers—including five Nobel laureates and members of all ...
Hunting for Ephemeral Cosmic Flashes
02/12/2016

Hunting for Ephemeral Cosmic Flashes

Kimm Fesenmaier
The new assistant professor of astronomy discusses her passion ...
LIGO has opened a new window on the universe with the observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.
02/11/2016

LIGO has opened a new window on the universe with the observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes.

LIGO has opened a new window on the universe with the ...
artist's conception of the merger of two black holes
LIGO's Beginnings
02/11/2016

LIGO's Beginnings

Douglas Smith
Built to look for gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of ...
Einstein's Prediction Confirmed by LIGO
02/11/2016

Einstein's Prediction Confirmed by LIGO

Kathy Svitil
LIGO opens a new window on the universe with the observation of ...
Chasing Extrasolar Space Weather
02/10/2016

Chasing Extrasolar Space Weather

Lorinda Dajose
Professor Gregg Hallinan gives a preview of his upcoming Watson ...
Astronomer Receives Instrumentation Award
02/05/2016

Astronomer Receives Instrumentation Award

Lorinda Dajose
Jamie Bock has received the Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical ...
Contemplating a Quantum Future
02/04/2016

Contemplating a Quantum Future

Kimm Fesenmaier
The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter hosted an ...
Novel Tool Aids Exoplanet Hunt
01/27/2016

Novel Tool Aids Exoplanet Hunt

Adam Hadhazy
Caltech, JPL, and NIST researchers have developed a simple, ...
JPL News: Uranus as seen by NASA's Voyager 2
01/25/2016

JPL News: Uranus as seen by NASA's Voyager 2

Humanity has visited Uranus only once, and that was 30 years ago when NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft got its closest look at the planet.