Announcements

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

Project News • November 3rd, 2022

What happens when the densest, most massive stars – that are also super small – collide? They send out brilliant explosions known as kilonovae. Think of these events as the universe’s natural fireworks. Theorists suspect they periodically occur all across the cosmos – both near and far....

IPAC Names New Task Lead of Roman Science Support Center

IPAC News • October 20th, 2022

Dr. Patrick Lowrance, a science staff member at IPAC since 2002, has been appointed the new Task Lead for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Science Support Center.

NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky

Project News • October 18th, 2022

Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.

NEO Surveyor Project Passes Preliminary Design Review

Project News • October 12th, 2022

The NEO Surveyor Project recently passed the Project’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a major milestone in the NASA mission lifecycle. NASA’s review board, consisting of senior subject matter experts in relevant disciplines assembled from the scientific and industry community, convened over 3...

Star Duo Forms ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA’s Webb Finds

IPAC News • October 12th, 2022

A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a remarkable cosmic sight: at least 17 concentric dust rings emanating from a pair of stars. IPAC Scientist Patrick Morris was part of the team that published their results in Nature Astronomy today. Located just over 5,000 light-years...

IRSA Newsletter: Issue 2022.9

Project News • October 5th, 2022

The October 2022 IRSA Newsletter is available. Highlights include: Herschel Local Group and Roman HLSS Galaxy Mock Catalog Releases, IRSA Viewer and WISE Image Server Updates, and information about the "Signatures of AGN Feedback: The Post-SOFIA Era" workshop.

NITARP Class of 2023 Application

Project News • September 8th, 2022

The 2023 NITARP application is now available! Applications are due here by 3pm Pacific time, Monday Sep 12, 2022.

2023A NASA Keck Call for Proposals

Project News • September 8th, 2022

The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute is soliciting proposals to use NASA's portion of time on the Keck Telescopes for the 2023A observing semester (February 1-July 31, 2023). All proposals are due by September 15, 2022 at 4 pm Pacific.

All Active Instruments Raw (Level 0) Data Now Available in Near-Real Time

Project News • August 29th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) NIRES, NIRSPEC, and OSIRIS observations and Quicklook (level 1) and Reduced (level 2) OSIRIS products in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes after acquisition. Raw (level 0) LRIS observations, raw (level 0) NIRC2 observations and Quicklook (level 1) calibrated...

UVEX Selected for Phase A Study

Project News • August 19th, 2022

NASA has selected four mission proposals submitted to the agency’s Explorers Program for further study. Among the projects proceeding to the Phase A mission concept study phase is the Ultraviolet Explorer MIDEX proposal. After detailed evaluation of those studies, NASA plans to select one...