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NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) • July 11th, 2017

A new study suggests some exoplanets are less dense than previously thought because of a second, hidden star in their systems.

New Catalogues for Herschel Legacy Archive

Herschel • June 20th, 2017

Two new catalogues, based on data from ESA's Herschel Space Observatory, have been released to the scientific community. The point source catalogues are examples of a new type...

Dan Masters won the STAR prize for the biggest impact by a postdoc in the Euclid consortium

Euclid • June 16th, 2017

Daniel works on developing techniques to measure distances to the more than a billion galaxies that will be imaged by Euclid, an ESA-led space mission focused on understanding...

The Art of Exoplanets

Spitzer • June 8th, 2017

How do you visualize distant worlds that you can't see? IPAC's Robert Hurt and Tim Pyle are featured in a new video produced by JPL that highlights how they use scientific data...

GALEX • June 6th, 2017

Data from the GALEX spacecraft suggest that planets around cool dwarf stars may be subjected to intense flares.

KOA NIRSPEC Data Release

Keck Observatory Archive • June 5th, 2017

The Keck Observatory Archive (KOA) has released browse-quality spectra extracted with a new, automated pipeline from 1,821 nights of NIRSPEC high-dispersion data.