Announcements

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.

New NASA 3D Visualization Explores the Carina Nebula Complex

Project News • May 7th, 2025

The Carina Nebula Complex is a vast region of star formation featured in numerous spectacular images including the giant Carina Nebula mosaic from the Hubble Space Telescope (2007) and the ethereal landscape of the Cosmic Cliffs from the James Webb Space Telescope (2022).

The Joy of Doing Nothing: IPAC Pioneer Roc Cutri Retires

IPAC News • May 5th, 2025

NASA Focuses Lunar Trailblazer Recontact Efforts Through Mid-June

Project News • April 30th, 2025

As NASA continues work to reestablish command of its Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft, the mission team’s modeling indicates that the lighting conditions from May through mid-June are favorable to provide enough sunlight on the spacecraft’s solar panels to recharge the batteries to an operational...

Exploring Space with AI

Project News • April 11th, 2025

Through his research at Caltech, a local high school student revealed 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, broadened the potential of a NASA mission, and published a single-author, peer-reviewed paper.

Mari Castillo Keeps Moving Even After Retirement

IPAC News • April 8th, 2025

A long-time member of the IPAC Finance Team, and an admin member in several projects at JPL before that, Mari Castillo is retiring. We asked Mari about her favorite memories during her career and to offer some advice to all of us at IPAC.

PRIMA and the Future of Far-Infrared Science

Project News • March 19th, 2025

In order to build the strongest case for the selection of PRIMA, we are bringing a large and representative cross-section of the future user community together to highlight the pressing science cases driving the need for a FIR observatory.

NASA Continues Work to Command Lunar Trailblazer, Assess Options

Project News • March 12th, 2025

Efforts to reestablish communications with NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer have continued since mission operators at Caltech’s IPAC lost contact with the small satellite Feb. 27, one day after launch.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

Project News • March 12th, 2025

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history.

NASA Continuing Efforts to Contact, Command Lunar Trailblazer

Project News • March 4th, 2025

The mission operations team for NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer at Caltech’s IPAC is continuing efforts to re-establish communications with the small satellite.