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Elachi to Retire as JPL Director
10/28/2015

Elachi to Retire as JPL Director

Charles Elachi has announced his intention to retire as director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 30, 2016 and move to ...
JPL News: Black Hole Has Major Flare
10/27/2015

JPL News: Black Hole Has Major Flare

Two space telescopes have caught a supermassive black hole in the midst of a giant eruption of X-ray light.
New Research on Europa
10/27/2015

New Research on Europa

Rod Pyle
Using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory's OSIRIS spectrometer ...
Europa, as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Physicists Uncover Novel Phase of Matter
10/26/2015

Physicists Uncover Novel Phase of Matter

Kimm Fesenmaier
It is not a conventional metal, insulator, or magnet. It is something ...
Astronomers Find Giant Magnets Inside Stars
10/22/2015

Astronomers Find Giant Magnets Inside Stars

Ker Than
Astronomers have for the first time probed the magnetic fields in ...
Feynman's Nobel Year
10/21/2015

Feynman's Nobel Year

Douglas Smith
Fifty years ago on October 21, 1965, Caltech's Richard Feynman ...
Richard Feynman
Cassini Begins Its Final Act: A Conversation with Charles Elachi
10/18/2015

Cassini Begins Its Final Act: A Conversation with Charles Elachi

Ramanuj Basu
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Hitlin Awarded Prestigious Prize for Particle Physics
10/16/2015

Hitlin Awarded Prestigious Prize for Particle Physics

Lorinda Dajose
Professor of Physics David Hitlin has been awarded the 2016 ...
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Physicist David Hsieh Wins Packard Fellowship
10/15/2015

Physicist David Hsieh Wins Packard Fellowship

Kimm Fesenmaier
Hsieh is one of 18 new fellows identified by the David and Lucile ...
Robotic Astronomer Finds New Home
10/15/2015

Robotic Astronomer Finds New Home

The world's only robotic adaptive optics system, Robo-AO, is moving to a new home: the 2.1-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National ...