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A Rocket Launch Double Feature

IPAC News • February 25th, 2025

Lunar Trailblazer and SPHEREx are two NASA satellites scheduled for back-to-back launches the week of February 24!

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch

Project News • February 21st, 2025

Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26. The mission will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon

Project News • February 13th, 2025

Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit.

High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research

Project News • January 24th, 2025

It’s time! At the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), running from January 12 through January 16 in National Harbor, MD, 14 astronomy educators and 14 of their students from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) are attending, plus 11 NITARP alumni educators.

ZTF PUBLIC DATA RELEASE 23: Now available

Announcement • January 22nd, 2025

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce ZTF Public Data Release 23.

Intricate Layers of Interstellar Dust, Gas Mapped in Cassiopeia A light echoes

IPAC News • January 14th, 2025

Jacob Jencsen, a staff scientist at IPAC, led a a study that reveals intricate layers of interstellar dust and gas around the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Jencsen's team presented their findings in a press conference at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in National Harbor,...

Explore Exoplanets: The Discoverers; Ep. 18 Ben Montet (part 2)

Project News • December 19th, 2024

Spock's home planet is probably one of the most famous exoplanets, thanks to Star Trek lore. Turns out, Vulcan has a storied past in our own solar system's history, which Dr. Ben Montet shares in the second half of his chat with Jessie. But is Vulcan a real planet that actually orbits the real...

Dimensions of IPAC: SPHEREx Video

Project News • December 18th, 2024

Dimensions of IPAC explores the wide spectrum of activities happening at IPAC, and here we highlight IPAC's role in the SPHEREx mission.

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

IPAC News • December 14th, 2024

There were many changes in the IPAC team in 2024. We filled 20 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles. There were also leadership changes with David Ciardi appointed the Deputy Director of NExScI, Jessie Christansen named the...

Explore Exoplanets: The Discoverers; Ep. 17 Ben Montet (part 1)

Project News • December 12th, 2024

Dr. Ben Montet set out to study black holes and then radio transients, and along the way he discovered exoplanets! His team gathered enormous amounts of radial velocity data on stars that eventually helped them identify signals that, after eliminating all other possibilities, meant they were...

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