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NEW PHOTOS: Roman Coronagraph Instrument commanded ‘on’ from the Science Support Center at IPAC

IPAC News • September 9th, 2026

Ready to Roman: Caltech Teams Celebrate Telescope Launch, Look Ahead to Future

IPAC News • August 30th, 2026

The next generation of exoplanet imaging technology, designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which Caltech manages for the agency, has launched aboard...

IRSA Appoints New Leadership

IPAC News • August 19th, 2026

Anastasia Laity has been appointed the new Task Lead for the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) effective August 3, 2026. She steps into the role previously held by...

People of IPAC: New Leaders, New Roles, New Staff

IPAC News • July 8th, 2026

There were many changes in the IPAC team in the first half of 2026. We filled 17 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to...

IPAC Celebrates Its 40th at AAS with Visual/IR Photos!

IPAC News • June 25th, 2026

At the AAS 248 conference in Pasadena, IPAC hosted a reception for conference attendees. Did you “step up, get scanned and ... see yourself in a new light?”

New JWST images of abnormally well-developed galaxy cluster open up the “cosmic noon” frontier

IPAC News • June 17th, 2026

New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope add to the intrigue surrounding a young, but surprisingly mature galaxy cluster from the early universe that challenges...

NASA Checks Roman Guidance System, Takes First Coronagraph Observation

Roman • September 30th, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s fine-guidance system, which allows the observatory to lock very steadily onto its targets during observations, passed a spate of tests...

NASA Confirms PRIMA Mission; Key Roles for Caltech, JPL, and IPAC

Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics • September 23rd, 2026

NASA announced today the selection of a new space telescope that will explore the cold, dusty universe in far‑infrared light, providing the ability to view cosmic objects and...

NASA Activates Roman’s Primary Instrument, Checks Out Coronagraph

Roman • September 15th, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the Wide Field Instrument, a 300-megapixel infrared camera that will allow scientists to explore wide...

NASA Roman’s Planet Imager Has Powered On

Roman • September 1st, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and dusty disks around...

NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

Roman • August 30th, 2026

Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at...

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars

NASA Exoplanet Archive • August 25th, 2026

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond...