Announcements

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 prevailing theories of cosmic evolution.

Oddball exoplanet challenges what it means to be a hot Jupiter

IPAC News • June 16th, 2026

New research led by a scientist at IPAC—a science and data center for astrophysics and planetary science at Caltech—studying the hot Jupiter CoRoT-2 b has settled on one of the three leading hypotheses explaining why its atmosphere has a hot spot in the opposite direction than is seen on all...

Finding Patterns in Planets: Researchers Explore the Demographics of Alien Worlds in K2 Data

IPAC News • June 3rd, 2026

The Kepler mission and its follow-on K2 discovered thousands of exoplanets around different types of stars, and new work reveals broader trends in the planetary populations of the Milky Way.

NASA’s Next-Gen Near-Earth Asteroid Space Telescope Takes Shape

Project News • May 5th, 2026

The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor — NASA’s first infrared space telescope purposely designed to discover potentially hazardous asteroids and comets — is undergoing integration and testing. With launch set for no earlier than September 2027, teams across the United States are hard at work...

Harry Teplitz Named IPAC Head of Science Staff, Roberta Paladini as Deputy

IPAC News • April 6th, 2026

IPAC has named Drs. Harry Teplitz as its new Head of Science Staff (HoSS) and Roberta Paladini as Deputy Head, tasking the senior researchers with leading the center's scientific community and advocating for its diverse research initiatives. Teplitz transitioned into the lead role after serving...

NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2026

Project News • March 25th, 2026

NASA Honor Awards recognize IPACers working on Euclid, NEOWISE, and Roman

IPAC News • February 25th, 2026

On January 22, 2026, dozens of IPAC staff members were recognized at the NASA Honor Awards ceremony. With Group Achievement Awards handed out to teams working on Euclid, NEOWISE, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the wide array of work highlights IPAC’s diverse and cutting-edge research...

Caltech and IPAC Mourn the Passing of Carl Grillmair (1959–2026)

IPAC News • February 22nd, 2026

Carl Grillmair, an astronomer at Caltech's IPAC science and data center for astronomy and planetary science, passed away suddenly on February 16, 2026. He was 67 years old.

Journey to Center of Milky Way With Upcoming NASA Roman Core Survey

IPAC News • January 23rd, 2026

At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black hole at the very center. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide the deepest-ever view of this zone, revealing stars, planets, and unique objects that resist definition.