In 1995, Caltech researchers at the Institute's Palomar Observatory first observed what appeared to be a brown dwarf orbiting Gliese…
Researchers at Caltech have successfully tested their space solar power demonstrator (SSPD), showing it can beam power from space to…
Of the thousands of meteorites found on Earth, about 188 have been confirmed to be from Mars. How did they…
Astronomers from Caltech used a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) from another galaxy to probe the distribution of matter in the…
Caltech has launched a technology demonstrator that will evaluate space based solar power technologies
There’s a new planet hunter in town, and it’s got its sights set on nearby Earth-sized planets in the galactic…
NASA's InSight lander felt the distant rumble of two major 'marsquakes' in March, originating from a region near the Martian…
This year's Nobel Prize in physics is expected to be be conferred on the three scientists who invented the process…
A new study from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has indicated that the extreme eccentricity of distant KBOs could point…
According to new research by an international team of scientists, early galaxies were characterized by mergers (aka. "hookups")