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Monday, February 23, 2026

"Caltech astrophysicist fatally shot on porch of his rural SoCal home, where he studied the stars - "AOL

https://www.aol.com/articles/caltech-astrophysicist-fatally-shot-porch-003613993.html 

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One of his most notable accomplishments was a paper published in 2007 about the presence of water on a distant planet outside our solar system. Fajardo-Acosta described this as a "very ingenious discovery," noting that Grillmair's research was "extremely important because water is a telltale sign the conditions of the planet are auspicious for life."

Grillmair also had the privilege of naming several galactic streams that he discovered, which are a relic of the collision of the Milky Way with another galaxy..."