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A technology pioneered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is showing promise as a tool for tracking plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, though scientists caution that significant challenges remain before space-based sensors can reliably detec... More »
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding for diverse biological applications, such as proteins that form the building blocks of materials stronger than steel, or personalized can... More »
Rev. Dr. David Wilkinson spent his early career studying how stars form in distant galaxies. Then he became a Methodist minister. Now he holds doctorates in both theoretical astrophysics and systematic theology—credentials that put him in rare company to addre... More »
For the thousands of local residents employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a new federal budget passed by Congress on Thursday afternoon brings a fragile sense of stability, for now ending a period of profound uncertainty marked by mass layoffs and the lo... More »
Kevin Noertker spent his undergraduate years at Caltech studying mechanical engineering. Now he runs an aviation company trying to electrify the skies, and on January 24 he returns to campus to explain what that means for the people who live beneath the flight... More »
The international science project headquartered in Pasadena that is building one of the world’s largest telescopes has named a new leader as it enters a key phase of construction and funding. The GMTO Corporation announced Monday that astronomer Daniel T. Jaff... More »
Applications are now open for the 2026 Carnegie Astrophysics Summer Student Internship Program (CASSI), a 10-week paid research and educational opportunity at Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena. The program runs June 15 through Aug. 21, 2026, and offers underg... More »
Caltech scientists are enduring the bone-chilling cold of Antarctica to get an unprecedented view of what is happening at the edges of its ice sheets. The team behind the GLASS mission (Grounding zone Long-term Acoustic Sensing of Structure) reached the frozen... More »
More than 20 years ago, while out taking photos in chilly northern Ontario, Canada, Ken Libbrecht (BS ’80), a Caltech professor of physics, noticed enormous snowflakes drifting down all around him. Although that wintry wonderland moment occurred decades ago, o... More »
Caltech is a place unlike any other, an Institute that is truly “small but mighty.” Its small size and the expertise of its community enable interdisciplinary connections and collaborative projects at all scales, sometimes in rapid response to devastating need... More »
They might be tiny “antweight bots,” but they are amped up and out to destroy their competitors. They are under-1-pound, 3D-printed, and remotely controlled robots designed and created by the newly formed Caltech Combat Robotics club, and they have started tak... More »
One of NASA’s key cameras orbiting Mars has reached a major milestone, capturing its 100,000th image of the planet’s surface—an achievement that reflects nearly two decades of continuous observation by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a mission managed by NASA... More »
