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Join Caltech on campus for a free lecture and Q&A about the historical and current dangers of lead contamination. In 1965, Caltech geochemist Clair Patterson published what was, at the time, a highly ...

In this opening lecture, we will embark on a broad exploration of what stars are, why they matter, and how they shape our understanding of the universe. We will begin by defining the fundamental ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On a nippy Monday night at the Zebulon in Frogtown, a man wearing a Jason Voorhees T-shirt steps onto a ...

The History of the Solar System: Insights from JWST Observations of Asteroids. Earth and the other planets in our Solar System were born 4.5 billion years ago out of a disk of dust and gas orbiting ...