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Building a Burger with Math
02/19/2024

Building a Burger with Math

Whitney Clavin
Koji Arai, a lead research scientist at LIGO who dabbles in art, created a digital burger using just one mathematical formula.
A digital burger drawn with one mathematical formula.
New Caltech-led Mission Will Study Ultraviolet Sky, Stars, Stellar Explosions
02/13/2024

New Caltech-led Mission Will Study Ultraviolet Sky, Stars, Stellar Explosions

In addition to conducting a highly sensitive all-sky survey, UVEX will be able to quickly point toward sources of ultraviolet light in the universe.
Picture of the spiral galaxy NGC 1097.
How Can AI Propel Exploration of the Cosmos, the Oceans, and the Earth?
02/06/2024

How Can AI Propel Exploration of the Cosmos, the Oceans, and the Earth?

Ann Motrunich
Hear from four researchers on the Caltech Science Exchange.
Black and white headshots of of four researchers on top of an image of dots and lines meant to represent data science
75 Years Later, Palomar Observatory Still Shaping Astronomy
01/26/2024

75 Years Later, Palomar Observatory Still Shaping Astronomy

Whitney Clavin
Formerly the world’s largest working telescope for more than 40 years, the facility remains cutting-edge thanks to new instrumentation
Picture of Hale Telescope dome
New Data, Same Great Appearance for M87*
01/22/2024

New Data, Same Great Appearance for M87*

Emily Velasco
An astronomy team that includes Caltech researchers has generated a new image of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humans. The reproducibility of M87*'s likeness with new data helps to validate the original work.
An image of the M87  black hole
Tilted Orbits
01/10/2024

Tilted Orbits

Whitney Clavin
How the orbital inclinations of brown dwarfs reveal clues about their formation.
Artwork of a glowing hot Jupiter planet
How an Undergraduate Came to Work on Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator
01/08/2024

How an Undergraduate Came to Work on Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator

Caltech undergraduate Raha Riazati helped design the ground station equipment to detect a signal beamed from space as part of the Space Solar Power Project.
An artistic rendering of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator
Prepping for Data From the Roman Space Telescope
12/19/2023

Prepping for Data From the Roman Space Telescope

Cynthia Eller
Three project infrastructure teams (PITs) are ramping up in Pasadena, preparing to clean, analyze, and disseminate data from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in three years.
space telescope against a purple background
Telescope Dismantled and Heading to New Mission in Chile
12/19/2023

Telescope Dismantled and Heading to New Mission in Chile

Whitney Clavin
The venerable mirror of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory has been transported down Maunakea, where it awaits shipment to Chile for a new mission.
Lifting of the primary mirror truss off the telescope base.
Entanglement to the Rescue
11/28/2023

Entanglement to the Rescue

Whitney Clavin
Scientists propose new method to search for deviations from the Standard Model of physics
Artwork depicting entangled molecules.