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TMT团队访谈：刘凤川的采访视频

TMT • March 11th, 2019

在TMT，我有幸能与来自许多不同国家和不同专业领域的专家一块工作。加入我和我一起认识这些同事，了解他们在TMT上所做的工作。我们还将探讨他们对于学生在职业选择方面的建议。今天，我们将与TMT项目副经理刘凤川博士对话。

Great Progress Made on the India TMT Optical Fabrication Facility

TMT • March 4th, 2019

The India TMT Optical Fabrication Facility (ITOFF), being constructed at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics campus in Hosakote, near Bengaluru, is rapidly approaching...

Why Do Some Galactic Unions Lead to Doom?

Spitzer • February 27th, 2019

Three images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show pairs of galaxies on the cusp of cosmic consolidations. Though the galaxies appear separate now, gravity is pulling them...

Dr. G.C. Anupama Becomes First Woman to Lead the Astronomical Society of India

TMT • February 26th, 2019

Professor G.C. Anupama has become the first woman ever elected president of the Astronomical Society of India, the main association of Indian professional astronomers.

Contract Signed for TMT Primary Mirror Segment Support Production

TMT • February 19th, 2019

Pasadena, CA – February 6, 2019 – The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), on behalf of India TMT, recently signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to manufacture 100...

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...