How do the largest black holes in the universe form? Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? Find out at our next Astronomy on Tap on Monday, May 20! Free and open to all with astro-themed pub trivia, live music, & telescopes. outreach.astro.caltech.edu/aot

Last night, we heard about the search for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations and gravitational wave sources throughout the universe at our latest Astronomy on Tap. Many thanks to our speakers, Dr. Joseph Lazio and Professor Smadar Naoz for joining us! See you next month!

Last week, Caltech astronomer David Hale visited Lakewood Elementary for some solar observation and Q&A with several classes of kindergarteners.

This is happening tonight! See you at 7:30PM to talk all about gravitational waves and possible signatures of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations!
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This year a star named T Coronae Borealis will temporarily increase its luminosity to be a million times as bright as our Sun. Join us Friday, May 10 for a free public lecture explaining this phenomenon and how to find it in the sky. In-person & YouTube: outreach.astro.caltech.edu

We had a great Stargazing Lecture last week, all about the creation of heavy elements like gold in stellar collisions, featuring Shreya Anand. You can see the recorded presentation on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/caltechastro

Scientists, led by a team at Caltech, used AI and telescope data to create the first 3D video of mysterious bright flares around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

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Congratulations to professor Lynne Hillenbrand, emeritus professor Anneila Sargent, and LIGO Livingston's Joseph Giaime who have each been welcomed as new fellows of the AAAS!

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Happening tonight @ 8PM in person and on YouTube Live!

Our next Astro on Tap is in 11 days, featuring talks on gravitational waves, black holes, and possible signals from extraterrestrial civilizations given by Dr. Smadar Naoz and Dr. Joe Lazio. We'll also have live music by Jason Achilles. See you there!

4/19–4/20: Learn about core concepts in physics by solving mathematical puzzles with Harvard professor Cumrun Vafa, and using table-top toys with Stanford professor Tadashi Tokieda at this weekend’s public lectures. Learn more: events.caltech.edu/calendar/filte…

A nice writeup of our eclipse activities here in Pasadena last week. Thanks, Sabrina Pirzada !

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HAVE YOU TOLD EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT EXPLORE EXOPLANETS: THE DISCOVERERS YET??

Get on it! Here's episode 10 with Dr. Emily Gilbert, which, if I say so myself, is a cracker.

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Welcome back, Harriet!

Join us this Friday, April 19 to learn about the creation of new elements in the explosions of stars. Telescopes and stargazing afterwards. In-person and on YouTube Live!

Campus was lively with excitement as Caltech Astro Outreach an #eclipse viewing party event on campus!

The stunning view of the umbra from the International Space Station. From NASA live.

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Today's solar eclipse filmed in 4K video by our satellite. We are downlinking some more and longer videos within the next hour or so #Eclipse2024

Our event in Pasadena was a wild success!

Success!!