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October 2, 2026
The Coronagraph Instrument, designed to demonstrate technology that can directly image planets, is commanded at Caltech's IPAC astronomy center
September 24, 2026
For more than 100 years, the Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series has brought Caltech's research to the public, and this November, it kicks off another season.
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.
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October 9, 2026
2:00 pm
TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Importance of accretion disk-driven torques on extreme mass ratio inspirals
October 14, 2026
12:15 pm
Calltech/IPAC Seminar
Roman Microlensing Detection Efficiency and Planet Occurrence
Christopher Lam,
IPAC,
Caltech,
October 14, 2026
4:00 pm
Astronomy Colloquium
A Panchromatic Picture of the Red Supergiant Liminality
Wynn Jacobson-Galan,
Postdoc,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
October 16, 2026
2:00 pm
TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Evolution and Fates of Massive Stars and Binaries: From Nuclear Burning to Explosive Outcomes
Aldana Grichener,
Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory,
University of Arizona,
October 23, 2026
2:00 pm
TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Quasi-periodic eruptions: new transient probes of stars near supermassive black holes