Project News

Assembly Begins on NASA’s Next Tool to Study Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • December 21st, 2022

The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study planets around other stars. Putting it together will require a highly choreographed dance.

Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find

Spitzer • News Release • December 15th, 2022

A team led by researchers at the University of Montreal has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," where water makes up a large fraction of the entire planet.

NASA’s NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • Project News • December 7th, 2022

Agency officials have completed a rigorous technical and programmatic review, known as Key Decision Point C (KDP-C), and confirmed NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) – the next flight mission out of the agency’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) – ...

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • December 6th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above) into the telescope’s Wide Field Instrument.

ZTF makes first discovery of a rare cosmic 'lunch'

ZTF • News Release • November 30th, 2022

Tidal disruption events are violent cosmic displays of a black hole devouring a nearby star. Astronomers uncovered a very rare flavor of such an event in the survey data from the Zwicky Transient Facility.

Baby Star ‘Burps’ Tell Tales of Frantic Feeding, NASA Data Shows

Spitzer • News Release • November 29th, 2022

The youngest stars often shine in bright bursts as they consume material from surrounding disks.

1000 supernovae classified autonomously with machine learning

ZTF • News Release • November 22nd, 2022

Astronomers from the ZTF collaboration at Caltech have developed a machine learning algorithm that autonomously classifies supernovae and reports them to the global astronomical community for follow up observations. Sieving through millions of supernovae candidates, the algorithm,...

NASA, ESA Reveal Tale of Death, Dust in Orion Constellation

Spitzer • News Release • November 22nd, 2022

In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it.

NASA, ESA Reveal Tale of Death, Dust in Orion Constellation

Herschel • News Release • November 22nd, 2022

In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it.

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • November 3rd, 2022

What happens when the densest, most massive stars – that are also super small – collide? They send out brilliant explosions known as kilonovae. Think of these events as the universe’s natural fireworks. Theorists suspect they periodically occur all across the cosmos – both near and far....

Assembly Begins on NASA’s Next Tool to Study Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • December 21st, 2022

The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study planets around other stars. Putting it together will require a highly choreographed dance.

Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find

Spitzer • December 15th, 2022

A team led by researchers at the University of Montreal has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," where water makes up a large...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • December 7th, 2022

Agency officials have completed a rigorous technical and programmatic review, known as Key Decision Point C (KDP-C), and confirmed NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space...

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • December 6th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above)...

ZTF makes first discovery of a rare cosmic 'lunch'

ZTF • November 30th, 2022

Tidal disruption events are violent cosmic displays of a black hole devouring a nearby star. Astronomers uncovered a very rare flavor of such an event in the survey data...

Baby Star ‘Burps’ Tell Tales of Frantic Feeding, NASA Data Shows

Spitzer • November 29th, 2022

The youngest stars often shine in bright bursts as they consume material from surrounding disks.

1000 supernovae classified autonomously with machine learning

ZTF • November 22nd, 2022

Astronomers from the ZTF collaboration at Caltech have developed a machine learning algorithm that autonomously classifies supernovae and reports them to the global...

NASA, ESA Reveal Tale of Death, Dust in Orion Constellation

Spitzer • November 22nd, 2022

In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it.

NASA, ESA Reveal Tale of Death, Dust in Orion Constellation

Herschel • November 22nd, 2022

In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it.

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • November 3rd, 2022

What happens when the densest, most massive stars – that are also super small – collide? They send out brilliant explosions known as kilonovae. Think of these events as the...