Growth

GROWTH is an international scientific project, led by Caltech aiming to advance science and improve education in time-domain astronomy. We coordinate observations at astronomical facilities across the world to follow and better understand fast cosmic events like supernovae explosions, which give birth to all heavy elements, neutron star and black hole mergers, which can produce gravitational waves, and near-earth fast-moving asteroids that can be potentially damaging. As we advance our scientific knowledge, we will also use our facilities & data to develop curriculum and teaching techniques that can lead to evidence-based, research-driven education in time-domain astronomy as well as closely related STEM fields.