Pasadena celebrates its heritage as the birthplace of the cheeseburger during January’s Cheeseburger Week. More than 20 restaurants are taking part, offering cheeseburgers, cheeseburger-inspired fare and alternatives to cheeseburgers. You can vote for your f... More »
With an interest in enhancing the living and learning environment at Caltech, the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation has pledged $25 million to support campus life and outreach programs. The focus of the five-year gift, in accordance with the wishes of the Foundati... More »
Rashad Smith goes up for a shot for the Lancers in their 62-49 loss to LA Southwest Wednesday, image by Richard Quinton. For the first 15 minutes of its South Coast Conference contest, the Pasadena City College men’s basketball team kept pace with state No. 6... More »
Destinee Sellers goes up for the fast-break layup during Pasadena’s 78-49 win at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium Wednesday, image by Richard Quinton. For one half, the Pasadena City College women’s basketball team reminded themselves and others that they are more ... More »
At about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday night, Pasadena Police responded to a residence in the 400 block of N. Sierra Madre Blvd. to investigate a suspicous item found inside. The appearance of the item led officers to believe it was a small homemade explosive device. Of... More »
The latest image of sea surface heights in the Pacific Ocean from NASA’s Jason-2 satellite shows that the current La Niña is peaking in intensity. Yellows and reds indicate areas where sea surface height is higher than normal (due to warm water), while blues ... More »
This Herschel image of the Eagle nebula shows the self-emission of the intensely cold nebula’s gas and dust as never seen before. Each color shows a different temperature of dust, from around 10 degrees above absolute zero (10 Kelvin or minus 442 degrees Fahre... More »
Margaret Batjer, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 1998, will present a master class to select students of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music on Monday, January 30 at 7:00 pm. Ms. Batjer, one of the most recognizable and beloved musician... More »
Seven Caltech undergrads, whittled down from the 290 who presented in October, will do their best to impress, inform, and generally dazzle the audience and judges with details of their summer research projects on Thursday, January 19, in the Beckman Institute ... More »
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Voyager Mission Status Report In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ... More »
This is an artist’s concept of the Planck spacecraft. Planck was launched with the Herschel spacecraft, though the two missions separated shortly after launch and operate independently from each other. Image credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech The High Frequency Inst... More »
Using a precision formation-flying technique, the twin GRAIL spacecraft will map the moon’s gravity field, as depicted in this artist’s rendering. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year’s Eve and New Ye... More »
