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NuSTAR Space Telescope Blasts Off
06/13/2012

NuSTAR Space Telescope Blasts Off

Marcus Woo
This morning, NASA's NuSTAR telescope was launched into the ...
Artist's concept of NuSTAR space telescope
Caltech Graduate Student Wins DOE Fellowship for Computational Science
06/11/2012

Caltech Graduate Student Wins DOE Fellowship for Computational Science

Kimm Fesenmaier
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Physicists Close in on a Rare Particle-Decay Process
06/04/2012

Physicists Close in on a Rare Particle-Decay Process

Marcus Woo
Physicists have made the most sensitive measurements yet in a ...
Caltech Astronomer Mike Brown Awarded Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
05/31/2012

Caltech Astronomer Mike Brown Awarded Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

Marcus Woo
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Solar Eclipse Dazzles at Caltech
05/22/2012

Solar Eclipse Dazzles at Caltech

Marcus Woo
Sunday evening's solar eclipse dazzled hundreds of sun gazers ...
Notes from the Back Row: "An Explosion of Explosions"
05/18/2012

Notes from the Back Row: "An Explosion of Explosions"

Douglas Smith
In his Watson Lecture given on April 25, Shri Kulkarni, the John D. ...
NASA Lends Ultraviolet Space Telescope to Caltech
05/16/2012

NASA Lends Ultraviolet Space Telescope to Caltech

Marcus Woo
Caltech has taken over operation from NASA of the Galaxy ...
Overactive Black Holes Shut Down Star Formation
05/11/2012

Overactive Black Holes Shut Down Star Formation

Marcus Woo
A team of astronomers has found that the most active galactic ...
Notes from the Back Row: "Electrons In Flatland"
04/30/2012

Notes from the Back Row: "Electrons In Flatland"

Douglas Smith
In James Eisenstein's Watson lecture on January 18, 2012, he uses ...
Two Galaxies in One
04/27/2012

Two Galaxies in One

Marcus Woo
Observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope show that the ...