IPAC News

#SoCaltech: Dawn Gelino

IPAC News • July 19th, 2023

“I have attended almost every AAS [American Astronomical Society] meeting since I began graduate school in 1996. Every job I’ve ever had was made possible through networking at the meetings. Many years later, I am the newest vice president of the AAS. The official mission of the AAS is to enhance...

IPAC’s Euclid NASA Science Center Is Ready for Launch

IPAC News • June 28th, 2023

It’s official: the Euclid telescope is planned to be launched into space starting on July 1, 2023, to embark on a six-year mission to create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the universe to understand the nature of dark energy and dark matter—and the Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC (ENSCI)...

IPAC Legend Jack Lampley Retires

IPAC News • June 21st, 2023

One of the original IPACers, and a beloved “father figure” to all IPACers, Jack Lampley, is stepping off after 41 years at Caltech/IPAC and more than 52 years at Caltech/JPL.

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The Young Cluster of Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe

IPAC News • April 26th, 2023

Takahiro Morishita, a staff scientist at IPAC, was first author on a paper using JWST data to look back in time to the early beginnings of the universe, a mere 650 million years after the Big Bang. and observe the baby stages of seven interacting galaxies forming into a protocluster. This...

IPAC Selects Ben Rusholme As Its First Chief Engineer

IPAC News • April 17th, 2023

IPAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Benjamin Rusholme to serve in the new and inaugural role of Chief Engineer at IPAC.

Weighing OJ 287 and the project MOMO

IPAC News • February 23rd, 2023

An international research group led by Stefanie Komossa from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and including Seppo Laine from Caltech/IPAC, presents important new results on the galaxy OJ 287, based on the most dense and longest radio-to-high-energy observations to...

Dawn Gelino Elected American Astronomical Society Vice President

IPAC News • February 14th, 2023

Dr. Dawn Gelino, Senior Staff Scientist at Caltech/IPAC and Deputy Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, was elected as the newest AAS Vice President for a three-year term starting summer 2023.

ALMA and JWST Reveal Galactic Shock is Shaping Stephan’s Quintet in Mysterious Ways

IPAC News • January 19th, 2023

IPAC astronomer Phil Appleton led a study of the shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan’s Quintet.

Best Wishes from Caltech / IPAC for 2023 and Beyond!

IPAC News • December 22nd, 2022

Best wishes for 2023 from your friends and colleagues at IPAC!

IPAC Names New Deputy Director

IPAC News • December 19th, 2022

Dr. Rachel Akeson, a senior science staff member at IPAC, has been appointed Deputy Director of IPAC. Her new appointment was announced on December 2, 2022, effective immediately. She succeeds Dr. Roc Cutri, who served as the Deputy Director for nearly two decades.

#SoCaltech: Dawn Gelino

• July 19th, 2023

“I have attended almost every AAS [American Astronomical Society] meeting since I began graduate school in 1996. Every job I’ve ever had was made possible through networking at...

IPAC’s Euclid NASA Science Center Is Ready for Launch

• June 28th, 2023

It’s official: the Euclid telescope is planned to be launched into space starting on July 1, 2023, to embark on a six-year mission to create the largest, most accurate 3D map of...

IPAC Legend Jack Lampley Retires

• June 21st, 2023

One of the original IPACers, and a beloved “father figure” to all IPACers, Jack Lampley, is stepping off after 41 years at Caltech/IPAC and more than 52 years at Caltech/JPL.

The Young Cluster of Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe

• April 26th, 2023

Takahiro Morishita, a staff scientist at IPAC, was first author on a paper using JWST data to look back in time to the early beginnings of the universe, a mere 650 million years...

IPAC Selects Ben Rusholme As Its First Chief Engineer

• April 17th, 2023

IPAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Benjamin Rusholme to serve in the new and inaugural role of Chief Engineer at IPAC.

Weighing OJ 287 and the project MOMO

• February 23rd, 2023

An international research group led by Stefanie Komossa from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and including Seppo Laine from Caltech/IPAC, presents...

Dawn Gelino Elected American Astronomical Society Vice President

• February 14th, 2023

Dr. Dawn Gelino, Senior Staff Scientist at Caltech/IPAC and Deputy Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, was elected as the newest AAS Vice President for a...

ALMA and JWST Reveal Galactic Shock is Shaping Stephan’s Quintet in Mysterious Ways

• January 19th, 2023

IPAC astronomer Phil Appleton led a study of the shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan’s Quintet.

Best Wishes from Caltech / IPAC for 2023 and Beyond!

• December 22nd, 2022

Best wishes for 2023 from your friends and colleagues at IPAC!

IPAC Names New Deputy Director

• December 19th, 2022

Dr. Rachel Akeson, a senior science staff member at IPAC, has been appointed Deputy Director of IPAC. Her new appointment was announced on December 2, 2022, effective...