Rovers Opportunity and Curiosity study riverbed Mars rocks

(Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) NASA announced this week that a key piece of gear on its Kepler space telescope has run into trouble. And though the space agency hasn't given up on a jump-start, the mission may well be at risk. It's already gone ...

A group of bright minds at Caltech invented the 'toilet of the future' that could

A supreme opportunity for space scientists. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A giant asteroid will pass by Earth on May 31, according to NASA, but hold off before you start browsing survival gear on Amazon. The 1.7-mile long asteroid, labeled 1998 QE2, ...

Mars rover Opportunity. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The plucky little Mars rover Opportunity has proven itself to be the Marco Polo of space. This extraterrestrial robot has set the new record for miles explored by a NASA vehicle in a world other ...

National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge William G. Kocol has found the California Institute of Technology engaged in unfair labor practices at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...

Southern California recently captured the world's attention with the landing of Caltech's and JPL's Mars Rover, the launching of SpaceX's Dragon Rocket and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the region's historic landmarks and ...

The Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Berkeley. Maybe Duke, if all else fails... maybe. That's the "List" -- the typical college list for parents of high-achieving Asian-American students. With over four thousand colleges to choose from, why do so few ...

Scientists don't know how long storm has been active Text Size: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ISSI (CNN) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft returned a stunning image of a hurricane on Saturn's northern pole. The shot was taken on Nov. 27 and is one of the first views ...

A few Caltech students had the chance to pick famed physicist Stephen Hawkings brain on black holes and other topics after he gave a lecture on campus Tuesday. The questions were submitted in advance; Hawking answered through a speech-generating ...