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Spectacular Ultraviolet Flash May Finally Explain How White Dwarfs Explode

Project News • July 23rd, 2020

For just the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion. An extremely rare type of supernova, the event is poised to offer insights into several long-standing mysteries, including what causes white dwarfs to...

Two Bizarre Brown Dwarfs Found With Citizen Scientists' Help

Project News • July 10th, 2020

Data from NASA's NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search for these not-quite-planets-but-not-quite-stars. With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered two highly unusual brown dwarfs, balls of gas that are not massive enough to...

Comet NEOWISE Sizzles as It Slides by the Sun, Providing a Treat for Observers

Project News • July 8th, 2020

A comet visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system is putting on a spectacular nighttime display. Named Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, the comet made its once-in-our-lifetimes close approach to the Sun on July 3, 2020, and will cross outside Earth's orbit on its way back to the outer...

Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded with Light

Project News • June 25th, 2020

When two black holes spiral around each other and ultimately collide, they send out ripples in space and time called gravitational waves. Because black holes do not give off light, these events are not expected to shine with any light waves, or electromagnetic radiation. But some theorists have...

Public Data Release 3

Project News • June 24th, 2020

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

Astronomers' Discovery Sheds New Light On Famous Einstein Ring

Project News • June 1st, 2020

Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled through archives of old data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauankea in Hawaii and old X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to unlock a mystery surrounding a bright, lensed, heavily obscured quasar.

Message from the Director

IPAC News • May 15th, 2020

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Like the rest of the science ecosystem, we at IPAC have been adapting to the challenges of the time, protecting the health and safety of our staff while pursuing our mission of advancing the exploration of the universe.

NEOWISE 2020 Data Release

Project News • March 26th, 2020

The NEOWISE Reactivation 2020 Release adds approximately 2.5 million image sets and 18.7 billion source detections to the public archive. These data were acquired during the sixth year of the NEOWISE Reactivation Mission.

NASA Awards Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships For 2020

Community News • March 25th, 2020

NASA has selected 24 new Fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP). The program enables outstanding postdoctoral scientists to pursue independent research across NASA Astrophysics.

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...

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