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Caltech Team Finds Useful Quantum Computers Could Be Built with as Few as 10,000 Qubits
03/31/2026

Caltech Team Finds Useful Quantum Computers Could Be Built with as Few as 10,000 Qubits

Whitney Clavin

Theoretical discovery opens the door to building quantum computers with significantly reduced resources

Artwork comparing old and new error-correction schemes in quantum computers. The qubits appear as dots, with blue being physical qubits and yellow being logical qubits.
How Two Dim Stars Came Together to Shine Brightly
03/18/2026

How Two Dim Stars Came Together to Shine Brightly

Whitney Clavin

Zwicky Transient Facility discovers a brown dwarf actively funneling matter from its companion.

Two orange orbs circle around each other while a band of material stretches from one to the other.
Gravitational-wave observatories release new catalog of detections
03/05/2026

Gravitational-wave observatories release new catalog of detections

The newest findings from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA more than double the catalog and include a variety of heavy, fast-spinning, and lopsided colliding black holes.

Two black circles appear to merge like bubbles with stars in the background.
The Quiet Formation of a Black Hole
02/12/2026

The Quiet Formation of a Black Hole

Whitney Clavin

Astronomers witness a dying star implode into black hole rather than go supernova

A wispy red orb with a white mass in the middle.
2025 Year in Review
12/17/2025

2025 Year in Review

Caltech News

As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at some of the Caltech-led discoveries and innovations from throughout the past year.

Collage of images from 2025 Caltech news stories
Possible "Superkilonova" Exploded Not Once But Twice
12/16/2025

Possible "Superkilonova" Exploded Not Once But Twice

Whitney Clavin

Double explosion may have produced gravitational waves and light

A red kilonova blast is seen within a blue cloud of supernova debris.
New Palomar Director and Director of Instrumentation Roles Announced
12/10/2025

New Palomar Director and Director of Instrumentation Roles Announced

Whitney Clavin

Mansi Kasliwal and Dimitri Mawet will help guide Caltech's premier telescopes

Mansi Kasliwal in a red shirt next to Dimitri Mawet in a plaid shirt.
Black Hole Flare is Biggest and Most Distant Seen
11/04/2025

Black Hole Flare is Biggest and Most Distant Seen

Whitney Clavin

The flare, co-discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility, may be the result of a mega black-hole meal.

A black hole surrounded by debris is depicted garbling a star that has been shredded and appears as bright light swirling into the black hole.
Colliding Black Holes Might Have Formed from Earlier Cosmic Smashups
10/28/2025

Colliding Black Holes Might Have Formed from Earlier Cosmic Smashups

Two recent detections have given the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration new insights into black hole formation and evolution

Two black circles appear to merge like bubbles with stars in the background.
Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine
09/10/2025

Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine

Whitney Clavin

LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA celebrate anniversary, announce verification of Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Area Theorem.

Swirling, colorful, wisps of gas surround a black hole.
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