Eshaan Patheria, a Caltech graduate student in chemistry, is one of 30 young scientists from around the world to receive the inaugural Inflection Award, an honor celebrating early-career scientists working on solutions to address climate change. Patheria was r... More »
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this m... More »
Have you ever been so laser focused on a task—playing a video game, reading an engrossing book, and so on—that when you look up, hours have suddenly gone by? This is commonly referred to as flow state: a state of absorbed concentration and a distorted sense of... More »
More than 13,500 scientists who have worked on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), based in Geneva, Switzerland, have been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “testing the modern theory of particle physics—the Standard Mo... More »
Through his research at Caltech, a local high school student revealed 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, broadened the potential of a NASA mission, and published a single-author, peer-reviewed paper. Matteo (Matthew) Paz’s Astronomical Journal ar... More »
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has resumed normal operations after unexpectedly entering safe mode twice during its 71st close approach to Jupiter, according to mission officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The solar-powered spacecraft, which has bee... More »
Quantum computers promise to outperform today’s traditional computers in many areas of science, including chemistry, physics, and cryptography, but proving they will be superior has been challenging. The most well-known problem in which quantum computers are e... More »
A distinguished astronomer from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) will reveal insights into one of astronomy’s most challenging measurements during a colloquium at Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena next week. Dr. Tod Lauer will present “How Da... More »
In the wake of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Caltech is launching a webinar series to explore the environmental impacts of urban blazes, beginning with a session focused on lead contamination. The first installment of “Conversations After the Fires” will take pl... More »
NASA’s newest infrared observatory, SPHEREx, has successfully captured its first images of the cosmos on March 27, confirming that all systems are functioning as designed, according to scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. T... More »
Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media and other online communi... More »
Students from University High School in Irvine claimed first place at the Los Angeles Surf Bowl, a regional academic competition focused on ocean science disciplines hosted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena this past weekend. Since 2000, JPL’s Pu... More »
