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From Galileo to Galaxies: Astrophysics at the Vatican

IPAC News • July 1st, 2025

IPAC Executive Director Tom Greene wrapped up a two-week guest teaching stint at the Vatican Observatory Summer School (VOSS) in Italy, where 24 astronomy graduate students from 20 countries converged for an immersion in astrophysics fundamentals, observational techniques, and hands-on learning...

NASA Extends Efforts to Recontact Lunar Trailblazer Until Early July

Project News • June 30th, 2025

NASA has extended recovery efforts of its Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft from mid-June to early July. Updated modeling of the spacecraft’s trajectory by the mission team indicates lighting conditions will continue to be favorable and may provide enough sunlight for the spacecraft’s solar panels to...

Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Project News • June 26th, 2025

From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the Solar System, this next-generation facility unveils its first imagery and brings the night sky to life like never before.

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

IPAC News • June 23rd, 2025

There were many changes in the IPAC team in the first half of 2025. We filled 16 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles. There were also leadership changes with Tom Greene becoming the new IPAC Executive Directory, Sean Carey...

COSMOS-Web Unveils Largest Look Ever Into the Deep Universe

Project News • June 18th, 2025

COSMOS-Web provides the largest view deep into the universe ever, and now all of its data are available publicly in an easily searchable format.

Unusual Stellar Nurseries Near Our Galaxy’s Center Puzzle Scientists

IPAC News • June 9th, 2025

New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.

Exoplanet discovery database, ExoFOP, reaches 1 million files and counting

Project News • June 7th, 2025

Discovering an exoplanet doesn’t mean having one, definitive eureka moment. Instead, it requires multiple observations, sometimes from multiple observatories, and the scientific community coming together in agreement to finally confirm its existence.

Discovery of giant planet orbiting tiny star challenges theories on planet formation

Community News • June 4th, 2025

The University of Warwick and UCL astronomers, as part of a global collaboration including partners in Chile, USA and Europe, have discovered the smallest known star to host a transiting giant planet, which should not exist under leading planet formation theories.

IPAC Announces New Executive Director, Tom Greene

IPAC News • May 27th, 2025

Thomas (Tom) Greene, astrophysicist and former Director of the NASA Ames Center for Exoplanet Studies and Chief of the NASA Ames Astrophysics Branch, will join IPAC as its new Executive Director on May 27.

New Leadership for the NEO Surveyor Project at IPAC

IPAC News • May 22nd, 2025

Dr. Sean Carey has been appointed Task Lead and Dr. Joe Masiero has been appointed Science Lead of the Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEOS) project at IPAC. Their new appointments were announced on April 22, and April 28, 2025, respectively. Both appointments are effective May 1, 2025.

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