Project News

Exoplanet Count Hits 4,000

NASA Exoplanet Archive • Project News • June 13th, 2019

NASA's exoplanet counter ticked up to 4,000, then passed it by three, with 31 new discoveries from NASA's Exoplanet Archive.

Euclid Dark Energy Telescope Selects Deep Fields

Euclid • News Release • June 12th, 2019

Three extremely dark patches of the sky have been selected for in-depth observations by the European Space Agency's Euclid mission. Researchers will probe these "Euclid Deep Fields" for faint and distant objects in the universe.

NASA's Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait

Spitzer • News Release • May 31st, 2019

The evolution of stellar families - born from the same clumps of gas and dust - is just some of what's on display in this sweeping image.

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TMT Executive Software Successfully Passes First Phase of Final Design Review

TMT • Engineering & Technology • May 28th, 2019

Pasadena, CA – May 15, 2019 – The TMT Observatory Executive Software (ESW), which will provide the core functionality needed to enable observations of science programs for on-site and remote observers, recently passed the first phase of final design review.

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Trip to Mumbai for the Opening of the “Vigyan Samagam”

TMT • News Release • May 24th, 2019

A couple of weeks ago I was in Mumbai, to give a talk on TMT at "Vigyan Samagam—Pushing the Frontiers of Science”. The event was organized by the Indian government, to showcase India’s contributions to large international collaborations in fundamental science and research.

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TMT Featured at the Mega Science Nationwide Roadshow in India

TMT • Science & Astronomy • May 10th, 2019

On May 08 2019, the India TMT team presented the TMT pavilion at “Vigyan Samagam”, the first global science exhibition in Mumbai. A scaled, animated model of the Thirty Meter Telescope, a gallery of posters, and informational material have been created for public outreach.

Public Data Release 1

ZTF • News • May 8th, 2019

The first public data release of the Zwicky Transient Facility (#ZTF) is out! This release includes data products from the public portion of the survey spanning March to December 2018. Products include ~3.4 million single-exposure images, ~102,000 co-added images, accompanying source catalog...

New Clues About How Ancient Galaxies Lit up the Universe

Spitzer • News Release • May 8th, 2019

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe's earliest galaxies were brighter than expected. The excess light is a byproduct of the galaxies releasing incredibly high amounts of ionizing radiation. The finding offers clues to the cause of the Epoch of Reionization, a...

The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole

Spitzer • News Release • April 25th, 2019

On April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the first-ever image of a black hole's event horizon, the area beyond which light cannot escape the immense gravity of the black hole. That giant black hole, with a mass of 6.5 billion Suns, is located in the elliptical galaxy Messier...

2,700 Pages Later, a Space Mission Is Born

SPHEREx • Project News • April 23rd, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Caltech's James (Jamie) Bock sat down with NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, to receive some good news: NASA had selected the space mission proposal he had been working on laboriously for more than six years.

Exoplanet Count Hits 4,000

NASA Exoplanet Archive • June 13th, 2019

NASA's exoplanet counter ticked up to 4,000, then passed it by three, with 31 new discoveries from NASA's Exoplanet Archive.

Euclid Dark Energy Telescope Selects Deep Fields

Euclid • June 12th, 2019

Three extremely dark patches of the sky have been selected for in-depth observations by the European Space Agency's Euclid mission. Researchers will probe these "Euclid Deep...

NASA's Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait

Spitzer • May 31st, 2019

The evolution of stellar families - born from the same clumps of gas and dust - is just some of what's on display in this sweeping image.

TMT Executive Software Successfully Passes First Phase of Final Design Review

TMT • May 28th, 2019

Pasadena, CA – May 15, 2019 – The TMT Observatory Executive Software (ESW), which will provide the core functionality needed to enable observations of science programs for...

Trip to Mumbai for the Opening of the “Vigyan Samagam”

TMT • May 24th, 2019

A couple of weeks ago I was in Mumbai, to give a talk on TMT at "Vigyan Samagam—Pushing the Frontiers of Science”. The event was organized by the Indian government, to showcase...

TMT Featured at the Mega Science Nationwide Roadshow in India

TMT • May 10th, 2019

On May 08 2019, the India TMT team presented the TMT pavilion at “Vigyan Samagam”, the first global science exhibition in Mumbai. A scaled, animated model of the Thirty Meter...

Public Data Release 1

ZTF • May 8th, 2019

The first public data release of the Zwicky Transient Facility (#ZTF) is out! This release includes data products from the public portion of the survey spanning March to...

New Clues About How Ancient Galaxies Lit up the Universe

Spitzer • May 8th, 2019

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe's earliest galaxies were brighter than expected. The excess light is a byproduct of the galaxies releasing...

The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole

Spitzer • April 25th, 2019

On April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the first-ever image of a black hole's event horizon, the area beyond which light cannot escape the immense gravity...

2,700 Pages Later, a Space Mission Is Born

SPHEREx • April 23rd, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Caltech's James (Jamie) Bock sat down with NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, to receive some good news:...