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Today, NASA announced a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program in which the agency will simultaneously pursue the formulation of two potential mission...

At a House Small Business hearing, Representative Judy Chu and Tom McCarthy, Pasadena-based space technology small business owner, discussed the Current...

Sometime between now and the end of the year, a giant stellar explosion is likely going to shine in the night sky. This blast, called a nova, is expected to be...

Members of the Caltech community brought their whole selves to LA Pride. On June 9, postdocs, grad students, undergraduates, and staff marched alongside...

GUEST OPINION Directors are shocked (bemused?) to review the Poly Fields proposal and see it described repeatedly as “low intensity.

The first time I stayed in Julia Child’s hometown, my “US Mom” (Patricia) warned me, “You’re going to like it here.” And it’s true. lives in Paris...

On April 8, 2024 at 10:06 am PDST the public will be treated to the first total solar eclipse to be visible in the entire US in 47 years. On April 8, 2024 at...

A team of Caltech undergraduate students has been selected as finalists in NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. By...

Rep. Chu celebrates bicameral agreement halting further JPL and Caltech layoffs, and promises to continue fighting for full funding.By News Desk The House of...

Today, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced the reduction of its workforce by 530 employees, or 8 percent of its total staff, through layoffs. These...

The Lunar Trailblazer mission is the first of a new type of NASA mission—small satellites for planetary exploration—and follows up on one of the most...

The Perseid meteor shower happens each year as the Earth passes through a stream of ancient bits of dust and ice left in the wake of comet Swift-Tuttle. It will...

Caltech Alumnus Ross Brockwell is living on the Red Planet—in Houston. What made you think, “I want to do this!”What was the selection process like?What...

Steps taken by NASA, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, and Caltech, to put the  mission on track for an October 2023...

Perhaps you’ve heard the recent news about the development of a Space Force or ‘Star Wars’ as it applies to national defense. Maybe...

TECH NEWS A miniature gas sensor, developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has been used to detect gas leaks with a high degree of accuracy using...