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Connect with Caltech. From lectures and student performances to film screenings and literary conversations, we invite the public to engage with breakthrough research and explore the intersections of art, engineering, and science. Join us online and in person.

Upcoming Events

August 19, 2026 12:00 pm

From Earth to the Cosmos: A Musical Voyage Through Space and Sound

Ramo Auditorium

Caltech Y Student Activism Speaker Series (SASS)

August 21, 2026 8:00 pm

Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Charles "Chip" Sebens, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Caltech,

Stargazing Lecture Series

August 25, 2026 12:00 pm

JPL and the Search for Life Beyond Earth

August 27, 2026 7:30 pm

Moveable Feast: Gronk in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber

Beckman Auditorium

August 31, 2026 7:30 pm

Astronomy on Tap

Kaitlyn Shin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,

Geoffrey Mo, Brinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,

Astronomy on Tap Series

September 24, 2026 10:30 am

Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum

October 9, 2026 7:00 pm

AIM Public Lecture Series: Terence Tao

Beckman Auditorium

Terence Tao, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,

AIM Public Lecture Series

October 22, 2026 10:30 am

Campus History & Architectural Tour

Athenaeum

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NASA’s next generation starts here.

Across the 2025–26 academic year, Caltech was JPL’s top feeder school for internships.

The connection runs deep. More than two decades before NASA was created, Caltech students and researchers were conducting daring
rocketry experiments side-by-side in the Arroyo Seco. This work helped pave the way for Caltech’s founding of JPL in 1936.

Now, a new generation of Caltech interns is carrying that legacy forward

Meet Ashwin Vasavada (PhD 98), a Caltech graduate and project scientist for NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover.

As part of The Explorer Class, we’re introducing extraordinary people at Caltech and JPL who make possible some of NASA’s, and humanity’s, most ambitious and technically demanding missions.

These are explorers pushing the boundaries of what we know, what we can build, and what we dare to imagine.

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During a total solar eclipse, the Earth, Moon, and Sun align. You won’t be able to see it in California today, but you can hear Caltech postdoc Gabriel Muro talk about how eclipses are a powerful tool for scientists to test new instrumentation, models, and techniques. #Eclipse2026 #TotalSolarEclipse

What do you want to #AskCaltech? Submit your own question at the link in our bio.

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Ever wanted to take a class from the scientist who “killed Pluto”? Now is your chance.

The Science of the Solar System (SciSolSys), taught by Mike Brown, is an online introduction to planetary science available to take on Coursera (quizzes included) or to watch on YouTube—both free!

It is designed as a nine-week long course exploring the solar system around us through a strong scientific lens. Completing this course will give you an understanding of the way the scientific process is used to understand and investigate the planets and other bodies around us.

Learn more about it through the link in our bio.

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