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Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
New Frontiers in Exoplanet Imaging and Pathways to Habitable Worlds
Jason Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern,
Monday, January 12th, 2026
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Black Holes" and "Radio Astronomy"
Jesse Han, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Stanford,
Allison Matthews, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Observatories,
  • Public Event
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
NEO Surveyor's Survey Strategy: Robustness Studies & Trade-Offs
Garrett Levine, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
From cosmic web to molecular clouds: the multiple scales of galaxy evolution
Amelie Saintonge, Director, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy,
Monday, January 19th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talks

Cahill 370
The sparkling end of compact binaries: mergers, Pa 30, and other animals
Ilaria Caiazzo, Professor, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
2:30pm – 6:30pm
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Greater Together: UK-US Space Collaboration Symposium

Chen 100
  • Internal Event
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Molecular Cloud Evolution in Nearby Galaxies as First Step for Galaxy Evolution and Star Formation
Jin Koda, Stony Brook University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Core-Collapse Supernovae in 3D: New Theoretical Insights
Adam Burrows, Professor, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Modified Theories of Gravity, Parity, and the Dark Sector
Tatsuya Daniel, Postdoctoral Fellow, Trottier Space Institute, McGill University,
Friday, January 23rd, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Waveform Systematics Across the Gravitational-Wave Spectrum: From LIGO to LISA
Aasim Jan, Graduate Student, Center for Gravitational Physics, University of Texas, Austin,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Simulating Galaxies, Stars, Planets, and Giant Black Holes on a Computer"
Phil Hopkins, Ira S. Bowen Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, Caltech,
  • Public Event
Wednesday, January 28th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Galaxy Evolution in the Resolved Universe
Daniel Weisz, Associate Professor of Astronomy; Head Graduate Advisor, Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley,