Solar-powered tiles would manage their own heat and connect by fiber optics, with a first demonstration planned for 2027.

Fifty years ago, Viking 1 returned the first photograph from the surface of Mars. Al Hibbs (BS ’45, PhD ’55) narrated the moment for a live television audience, one of several Techers on the mission.

Schmidt Sciences has funded construction of the Deep Synoptic array, which will survey the sky 100 times faster than any radio telescope before it.

The new Palomar Observatory director on commissioning next-generation instruments, hunting for the next Earth, and why there’s no place like the mountain.

The geologist trained on Mars rover missions before helping plan the first crewed lunar landing for Artemis. Now she’s training for spaceflight herself.

A film about one of NASA’s most accomplished engineers is also a love letter to curiosity, ambiguity, and the planet we already have.