Phoebe’s true nature is revealed in startling clarity in this mosaic of two images taken during Cassini’s flyby on June 11, 2004. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal Saturn’s moon Phoebe has more planet-like q... More »
It’s a dust bunny of cosmic proportions. Astronomers used images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, to locate an aging star shedding loads of dust (orange dot at upper left). Only one other star, called Sakurai’s object, has been caught ... More »
The young faces you see on campus today are not new prefrosh. They are students participating in Caltech’s annual Take Our Children to Work Day. Sponsored by Caltech Human Resources, today’s event is an opportunity for children and teenagers—from fourth gr... More »
Aquilia Area in Color These composite images from the framing camera aboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft show three views of a terrain with ridges and grooves near Aquilia crater in the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/... More »
The Tournament of Roses has just announced that the Grand Marshal for the 2013 Rose Parade will be Jane Goodall. The Parade whose theme is Oh, The Places You’ll Go will be held on New Year’s Day, 2013. In July 1960, at the age of 26, Jane Goodall traveled fro... More »
Eric Chang (left) and Peter Buhler have been named two of this year’s Watson Fellows. Caltech students Eric Chang and Peter Buhler have been named two of this year’s Watson Fellows. The fellowship enables graduating seniors to spend a year traveling around the... More »
Pasadena City College presents “The Road Home 2.0: The Next Step,” a conference designed to help administrators and faculty maximize the opportunity for success for student veterans. The conference is two days, beginning April 25 at 8 a.m. in PCC’s Creveling L... More »
Saturn’s third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Saturn’s giant moon Titan hides behind ... More »
Lancers Courtney Jensen, Mikela Velasquez, Giselle Mendieta and Paige Watroba are pictured following their 400 freestyle relay race in the SCC Championships Saturday at the Aquatic Center, image by Richard Quinton. For the second straight season, the Pasadena ... More »
Cario Liu swims his way to the 400 individual medley title at the SCC Championships held at the Aquatic Center April 20, image by Richard Quinton. Pasadena City College men swimmers Stephen To and Cario Liu followed up their double event victories at the South... More »
The infrared vision of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that the Sombrero galaxy — named after its appearance in visible light to a wide-brimmed hat — is in fact two galaxies in one. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech While some galaxies are rotund and ... More »
Location of the more than 500 real-time GPS monitoring stations in the western United States that make up the Real-Time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster Mitigation Network. Image credit: USGS/UC Berkeley/Scripps Institution of Oceanography The space-based tech... More »
