September 19, 2022
Maarten Schmidt, known for his 1963 discovery of quasars, has passed away.
September 15, 2022
Samples collected by the Mars Perseverance Rover include organic compounds.
September 9, 2022
Caltech and JPL astronomers, in partnership with the Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach (CTLO), have launched the Caltech Planet Finder Academy, a new astronomy program that offers Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) high school students the chance to conduct hands-on experiments and learn about the universe and its galaxies, stars, and planets.
September 9, 2022
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), led by Caltech and managed by JPL, turned 10 years old in June. This space telescope detects high-energy X-ray light and studies some of the most energetic objects and processes in the universe.
September 7, 2022
Up until this year, no one had ever hiked the entirety of Death Valley National Park from north to south in less than a week. In February, however, Caltech postdoctoral fellow Cameron Hummels covered the 170-mile route in four days—with six minutes to spare.
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September 28, 2022
12:15 pm
IPAC Astronomy Seminar
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Planetary Climate on Red Water Worlds
Dr. Ana Lobo,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
September 28, 2022
4:30 pm
Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter
Jorge Moreno,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Pomona College,
September 30, 2022
2:00 pm
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The role of AGN accretion disks in the formation of characteristic, low-frequency GW sources
Andrea Derdzinski,
CTAC Postdoctoral Fellow,
Institute for Computational Science,
University of Zurich,
October 3, 2022
4:00 pm
Astronomy Tea Talk
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The Transient Universe: Compact Objects Near and Far
Brendan O'Connor,
The George Washington University / University of Maryland College Park,
October 5, 2022
4:00 pm
Astronomy Colloquium
Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets
Bruce Macintosh,
Professor of Physics,
Stanford University,