As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, a new mission to survey ultraviolet light across the sky will provide the agency with more insight into how galaxies and stars evolve. The space telescope, called UVEX (Ultraviolet Explorer), is targeted to launch... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is playing a pivotal role in the upcoming PREFIRE mission, a groundbreaking effort to study the Earth’s polar regions and their role in global climate change. The mission, which involves the launch of two CubeSats, ... More »
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is at the forefront of two innovative projects funded by NASA’s inaugural grants aimed at supporting emerging research institutions. The grants, totaling $3.7 million, have been awarded to 11 teams across the United St... More »
Speaking to a rapt audience in Beckman Auditorium on January 19, chemist André Isaacs paused to emphasize his key message: “You can’t do good science if you leave aspects of who you are at the door.” His remarks were part of part of Caltech’s Chemistry and Che... More »
BLACK HOLES Computational imaging expert Katie Bouman describes how machine learning enables imaging of black holes and other astrophysical phenomena. We use machine learning to produce images from data gathered by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network ... More »
A day after the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena announced it will be laying off about 530 people, workers are expected to be notified Wednesday — with JPL Director Laurie Leshin instructing most employees to work from home so they can “be in a safe, comf... More »
For the second year in a row, a team from Irvine’s University High School claimed victory at a regional competition of the National Science Bowl, hosted Saturday, Feb. 3, by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. More than 100 students from 2... More »
The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will demonstrate new technologies that could vastly increase the number of planets outside our solar system (exoplanets) that scientists can directly observe. Designed and built at the agen... More »
In the early 2010s, data scientist and entrepreneur Michael Amori (MS ’07) made contacts at Caltech alumni events that would change his career. A managing director at Deutsche Bank at the time, he was introduced to George Djorgovski, professor of astronomy and... More »
With less than nine months remaining in the countdown to launch, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has passed a major milestone: Its science instruments have been added to the massive spacecraft, which is being assembled at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory i... More »
As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other technologies with broader use here on Earth. Many of those examples are highlighted in NASA’s annual Spinoff book, including dozens of NAS... More »
This year, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has given 20 awards to scientists for major contributions in fields as diverse as neuroscience, computational astrophysics, and evolutionary genetics. Among those recognized is Shu-ou Shan, the Altair Professor... More »
