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September 8, 2026
The future Deep Synoptic Array will catch tens of thousands of FRBs, enhancing the power of this cosmology tool.
August 30, 2026
After over a decade of development with mission partners, Caltech, IPAC, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are excited to support and pursue new areas of research and discovery following Sunday's launch of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
August 13, 2026
Physicists elucidate mechanism powering long-period radio bursts in binary stars.
June 29, 2026
From exoplanets to desert landscapes, Caltech and JPL researchers are leading the development of revolutionary space missions of the future.
June 15, 2026
New model describes how an aging star's outer shell ejections push it in opposite direction.
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September 21, 2026
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Mysterious Pulsar X-ray Filaments: Observational and Theoretical Advances/Precise Masses and Radii for Metal-Poor Eclipsing Binaries
Jack Dinsmore,
PhD candidate,
Stanford University,
Dom Rowan,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
UC Berkeley,
September 25, 2026
2:00 pm
Special TAPIR Seminar
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Ringdown from Eccentric Binary Black Hole Coalescences in the Extreme Mass Ratio Regime
October 2, 2026
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TAPIR Seminar
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Signatures of Black Hole Spin and Plasma Acceleration in Jet Polarimetry