Project News

Euclid's optical and infrared instruments integrated in spacecraft

Euclid • April 15th, 2021

The optical and infrared instruments of Euclid have passed their qualification and acceptance reviews and are now fully integrated into the spacecraft's payload module. This...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Uncover Lonesome Black Holes

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 13th, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide an unprecedented window into the infrared universe when it launches in the mid-2020s.

Long-awaited review reveals journey of water from interstellar clouds to habitable worlds

Herschel • April 9th, 2021

Dutch astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden University, the Netherlands), together with an international team of colleagues, has written an overview of everything we know about...

Trio of Fast-Spinning Brown Dwarfs May Reveal a Rotational Speed Limit

Spitzer • April 7th, 2021

Brown dwarfs, sometimes known as “failed stars,” can spin at upwards of 200,000 mph, but there may be a limit to how fast they can go.

Public Data Release 5

ZTF • March 31st, 2021

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the fifth ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering...

NASA’s Roman Mission Predicted to Find 100,000 Transiting Planets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 31st, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, helping us answer questions about the evolution of our universe.

NEOWISE 2021 Data Release Available March 24, 2021

Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 24th, 2021

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2021 Data Release.

TMT Mirror Segment Shipping Container Design and Prototypes Completed through Collaborative Effort with Larson Packaging Company

TMT • March 8th, 2021

TMT, in partnership with Larson Packaging Company, recently celebrated the successful design and completion of TMT’s Primary Mirror Assembly Shipping Container (PMASC). The...

New ‘Eyewear’ to Deepen the View of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 3rd, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to explore even more cosmic questions, thanks to a new near-infrared filter.

A hungry black hole first discovered by ZTF is the likely source of a rare neutrino

ZTF • February 22nd, 2021

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