Project News

ZTF welcomes a new European partner

ZTF • News Release • April 16th, 2026

A collaboration consisting of the German Center for Astrophysics in Gorlitz, the Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam and the German Electron Synchrotron DESY is officially joining the Zwicky Transient Facility partnership, expanding our scientific collaborative network...

'Interstellar Glaciers': NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions

SPHEREx • News Release • April 15th, 2026

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale. Covering regions in our Milky Way galaxy more than 600 light-years across, the ice was found inside giant molecular clouds —...

ENSCI at AAS #248 in Pasadena

Euclid • News Release • April 2nd, 2026

Mark your calendars for AAS #248! ENSCI will hold an Euclid data workshop, and lead a special session on Euclid (abstract submission deadline for contributed talks and posters: April 20).

NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2026

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • Project News • March 25th, 2026

How Two Dim Stars Came Together to Shine Brightly

ZTF • News Release • March 18th, 2026

Brown dwarfs are often labeled as "failed stars" for their inability to sustain nuclear fusion at their cores. A new finding led by researchers at Caltech shows how these dim bulbs can join together to shine brightly. Searching through archival observations captured by the Zwicky Transient...

Hubble & Euclid zoom into cosmic eye

Euclid • News Release • March 3rd, 2026

For this month’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope is joined by ESA’s Euclid to create a new view of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543.

Hubble, Euclid & Subaru uncover dark galaxy

Euclid • News Release • February 26th, 2026

Hubble, Euclid, and Subaru have jointly uncovered a dark galaxy, evidenced by a faint, diffuse glow surrounding star clusters.

Babamul Goes Live as the Rubin Alert Stream Opens to the Community

ZTF • News Release • February 25th, 2026

Marking a major milestone, alerts from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have begun flowing to dedicated broker systems that will filter and distribute the Rubin alert stream to the astronomical community worldwide. Babamul—one of Rubin’s selected alert brokers—officially began operations...

ENSCI has received NASA group achievement award

Euclid • News Release • February 19th, 2026

ENSCI received NASA award “For group achievement in successful delivery of calibration and software updates for processing Euclid-NISP instrument data during the first six months of the Euclid mission.” 

ENSCI User Panel December 2025 report released

Euclid • News Release • February 12th, 2026

ENSCI User Panel has released its December 2025 report, with positive evaluation of ENSCI performance, and recommendations for future planning.