Announcements

Dr. Dawn Gelino named a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society

IPAC News • February 26th, 2020

This recognition is given to AAS members for their achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the AAS, which includes "original research and publication, innovative contributions to astronomical techniques or instrumentation, significant contributions to education and...

IPAC's Roc Cutri Awarded The Van Biesbroeck Prize

IPAC News • January 21st, 2020

The Van Biesbroeck Prize is normally awarded every two years and honors a living individual for long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy, often beyond the requirements of his or her paid position.

First Asteroid Found Inside Orbit of Venus

Project News • January 15th, 2020

A rare asteroid orbiting snugly within the inner confines of our solar system has been discovered by Caltech's Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, a survey camera based at Palomar Observatory. The newfound body, named 2020 AV2, is the first asteroid found to orbit entirely within the orbit of Venus.

Probing the Hubble Constant with NASA's WFIRST

Project News • January 10th, 2020

Discrepancies in the Hubble constant, which describes how fast the universe is expanding, have vexed astronomers for years. Values predicted from observations of the early universe simply don’t match up to measurements of the modern universe.

Simulated Image Demonstrates the Power of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

Project News • January 7th, 2020

Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp speed.

High school teachers and students doing real astronomy research? Absolutely!

Project News • January 7th, 2020

Once again, nearly 30 teachers, students and astronomy educators from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) will be attending the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), running from January 4 through January 8 in Honolulu, HI.

First national US observatory to be named after a woman

Project News • January 6th, 2020

It was announced today that the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will conduct a vast astronomical survey for unprecedented discovery of the deep and dynamic Universe, will now be named the NSF (National Science Foundation) Vera C. Rubin Observatory (Rubin Observatory).

Celebrating 10 Years of the WISE Spacecraft

Project News • December 19th, 2019

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the spacecraft's launch, the mission team has gathered their top 10 images and graphics based on WISE and NEOWISE data.

Public Data Release 2

Project News • December 11th, 2019

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the second ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering the northern sky visible from Palomar Observatory.

NASA Instrument to Probe Planet Clouds on European Mission

Project News • November 8th, 2019

NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, for the first time. The instrument, called the Contribution to ARIEL Spectroscopy of Exoplanets, or CASE, adds scientific...