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Call for Proposals for 2019A NASA Keck Time

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) • August 15th, 2018

The call for proposals for NASA Keck time in observing semester 2019A (February 1 - July 31, 2019) is now open for professional research using the NASA allocation for telescope...

The Fading Ghost of a Long-Dead Star

Spitzer • August 2nd, 2018

Thin, red veins of energized gas mark the location of one of the larger supernova remnants in the Milky Way galaxy in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Cross-Matching the Entire All-Sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED

NED • August 2nd, 2018

A major update to the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database was released featuring the results of cross-matching the entire all-sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED.

Future Mariners: Astrometry with TMT Part 2

TMT • July 24th, 2018

In Part 1 of this article, I described astrometry and why it's such an important part of astronomy. Now, we're going to look at how TMT will perform astrometry to a new degree...

Future Mariners: Astrometry with TMT Part 1

TMT • July 10th, 2018

While pursuing my doctorate in experimental astrophysics, in London, I would sometimes visit the map room at the British Museum. I'd look at the ancient maps, with coastlines...

Invitation to Participate in Development of Exemplar Key Science Programs For GMT and TMT

TMT • July 9th, 2018

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and its collaborative partners, the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO)...