"Grillmair, a member of Caltech's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, better known as IPAC, had spent more than four decades studying distant exoplanets and the structures that make up our galaxy. As a principal investigator on NASA's Hubble space telescope and NASA's Spitzer space telescope, one of his foremost interests was the lambent of arcs of streaking stars called stellar streams that swirl around the outskirts of the Milky Way."
"Among his most notable contributions to the field was leading research published in 2007 that, for the first time, captured enough light from distant exoplanets to identify the molecules in their atmospheres. The discovery was made using the Spitzer telescope, an infrared observatory, while studying a 'hot Jupiter,' the name for a Jupiter-like gas giant that orbits extremely close to its star."
Carl Grillmair, 67, a prominent astronomer at Caltech's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, was fatally shot outside his home in the unincorporated community of Llano in Antelope Valley near Los Angeles. The LA County Sheriff's department arrested Freddy Snyder, 29, in connection with the shooting while investigating a nearby carjacking. Snyder was charged with Grillmair's murder, burglary, and carjacking, though the relationship between the two remains unclear. Grillmair spent over four decades studying exoplanets and galactic structures, serving as a principal investigator on NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. His notable contributions included groundbreaking 2007 research that identified molecules in distant exoplanet atmospheres and later detecting signs of water on another planet.
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