As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at some of the Caltech-led discoveries and innovations from throughout the past year.
Double explosion may have produced gravitational waves and light
Mansi Kasliwal and Dimitri Mawet will help guide Caltech's premier telescopes
The flare, co-discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility, may be the result of a mega black-hole meal.
Two recent detections have given the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration new insights into black hole formation and evolution
LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA celebrate anniversary, announce verification of Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Area Theorem.
New algorithm hushes unwanted noise in LIGO, may lead to more black hole discoveries.
The candidate gas giant planet sits in the habitable zone around Alpha Centauri A.
Gravitational waves from massive black holes challenge current astrophysical models
Observations from the survey camera helped pinpoint the object's path through the solar system.