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Dave Cook Named New NED Project Scientist

IPAC News • October 27th, 2026

IPAC is pleased to announce the appointment of David O. Cook as Project Scientist for the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), effective September 4, 2026.

Reflections from the Infrared Frontier: Joe Mazzarella Retires After 37 Years

IPAC News • October 26th, 2026

Joseph Mazzarella (aka, “Mazz”) has retired after 37 years of service at Caltech, with 35 years at IPAC and 20 of them in leadership roles for the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), IPAC’s longest-running project and one of its most popular science data archives.

(More Than) One Thousand TESS Planets!

IPAC News • October 9th, 2026

This week's 70 new planets have unlocked a new exoplanet milestone: 1,000 planets have been discovered with data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)!

Suns set on hunt for giant planets in nearby binary system

IPAC News • October 3rd, 2026

But smaller worlds may yet hide in the two-star system’s habitable zones.

NEW PHOTOS: Roman Coronagraph Instrument commanded ‘on’ from the Science Support Center at IPAC

IPAC News • September 9th, 2026

Ready to Roman: Caltech Teams Celebrate Telescope Launch, Look Ahead to Future

IPAC News • August 30th, 2026

The next generation of exoplanet imaging technology, designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which Caltech manages for the agency, has launched aboard NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Caltech Leads NASA Mission to Make the First Deep Ultraviolet All-Sky Maps

Ultraviolet Explorer • October 27th, 2026

The UVEX mission will catch the ultraviolet glow of stars, galaxies, and powerful cosmic blasts.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Enters Final Commissioning Phase

Roman • October 22nd, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission has now entered the science commissioning phase, having successfully completed a comprehensive checkout and refinement of the observatory and primary instrument performance.

Euclid discovers new comet

Euclid • October 19th, 2026

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet, in images taken between 16 and 24 September 2026.

NASA Roman Team Checks Out Main Instrument, Sharpens Telescope’s Focus

Roman • October 14th, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team completed a marathon of activities to fine-tune the observatory’s vision and prepare the primary instrument for routine use.

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

SPHEREx • October 8th, 2026

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects that blur the line between stars and exoplanets.

NASA Checks Roman Guidance System, Takes First Coronagraph Observation

Roman • September 30th, 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s fine-guidance system, which allows the observatory to lock very steadily onto its targets during observations, passed a spate of tests from Sept. 15 to 21.