Project News

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...

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...

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...

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.

Design and Status of TMT presented at the University of California, San Diego

TMT • January 23rd, 2019

Dr. Ravinder Bhatia, TMT Associate Project Manager, visited the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In Ravinder's...

TMT-China Annual Assembly and TMT-HROS Workshop

TMT • January 16th, 2019

Beijing, China – On 19-21 December 2018, Thirty Meter Telescope China (TMT-China) Team held its science and technology annual assembly and TMT High Resolution Optical...

Call for New Membership in the TMT International Science Development Teams

TMT • January 11th, 2019

2019 ISDT Call for Membership - Applications for membership in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Science Development Teams (ISDTs) will be accepted until 8...

High school teachers and students doing real astronomy research? Absolutely!

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) • January 9th, 2019

Once again, more than 30 teachers, students and astronomy educators from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) will be attending the winter meeting of the...