Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is providing critical instrumentation and mission support for Sentinel-6B, a U.S.—European satellite set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16 from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this November. The... More »
NASA JPL’s Curiosity rover has captured striking images of unusual rock formations that offer new clues about ancient water activity on Mars. The rover recently photographed intricate “boxwork” formations inside Gale Crater. These structures provide scientists... More »
Three innovative new projects to explore Earth and the cosmos have been selected to move forward through the Brinson Exploration Hub at Caltech. The projects, each with a co-lead based on Caltech’s campus and another from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), w... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena confirmed that the Psyche spacecraft successfully captured images of Earth and the Moon from approximately 180 million miles away during a camera calibration exercise in July, according to a NASA press release. The ... More »
When Marcella Johnson lost her infant son George, her grief led her to create something unexpected: a teddy bear that hospitals, the FBI, and trauma centers now use to heal broken hearts — literally. On Wednesday, Johnson’s nonprofit delivered 1,000 of these w... More »
Aaron Ames, the Bren Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems, and Aerospace at Caltech has been named the director and Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair of the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST). He succeeds M... More »
ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena will display a striking electric supercar created by alumni at one of the automotive world’s most prestigious events. The HF-11 supercar, built by Oilstainlab, will be featured at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, part... More »
Diego Johansen, a Pasadena native and student at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, has been selected to join the expedition season aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, operated by the nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust. Johansen is one of 14 interns chosen f... More »
On March 28, 2025, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Southeast Asia country of Myanmar along the Sagaing Fault, killing thousands and causing widespread damage. A new study from Caltech uses satellite imaging of the Sagaing Fault’s motion to improve models... More »
When Europa Clipper launched in October 2024, the spacecraft began one of the most ambitious planetary science missions in history. Its destination—Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons—shows evidence of liquid water under its icy shell, which makes scientists wonder... More »
Victoria Orphan was 16,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean when the power went out. Orphan, along with a member of her research team and a pilot, were riding in a tiny spherical submersible, known as Alvin, measuring about 7 feet in diameter. They ... More »
Caltech scientists have developed a method to create metallic objects of a precisely specified shape and composition, giving them unprecedented control of the metallic mixtures, or alloys, they create and the enhanced properties those creations will display. W... More »
