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NASA Selects Caltech-led SPHEREx Space Mission

SPHEREx • February 13th, 2019

NASA has selected a new Caltech-led space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common the ingredients for life are in our galaxy's...

Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs Several Supernovae a Night

ZTF • February 7th, 2019

The results are rolling in from Caltech's newest state-of-the-art sky-surveying camera, which began operations at the Palomar Observatory in March 2018. Called the Zwicky...

Astronomers Find Clues to the Origins of Exploding Dead Stars

ZTF • February 7th, 2019

Dying stars known as Type Ia supernovae are often referred to as standard candles because they all emit the same, well-known amount of light when they explode and can therefore...

Explore Exoplanets with NASA and Stars of 'The Expanse' & 'General Hospital'

Universe Unplugged • February 6th, 2019

Actors Cas Anvar and Cara Gee from the acclaimed sci-fi TV series “The Expanse” team up with Parry Shen of “General Hospital” to search for potentially habitable planets beyond...

Asteroid from ‘Rare Species’ Sighted in the Cosmic Wild

ZTF • February 5th, 2019

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit. The unusual object is among the first asteroids ever found whose orbit is...

Video Interview with Warren Skidmore

TMT • February 4th, 2019

Dr Ravinder Bhatia, TMT Associate Project Manager, interviews with Dr Warren Skidmore, TMT Instrument System Scientist.