Project News

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.

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

Neutrinos are abundant subatomic particles that are notoriously hard to detect. It's even harder to pinpoint their source and study their origin. ...

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

ZTF • February 22nd, 2021

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SPHEREx Astrophysics Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • February 4th, 2021

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch...

NASA’s Roman Mission Will Probe Galaxy’s Core for Hot Jupiters, Brown Dwarfs

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • January 25th, 2021

When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will explore an expansive range of infrared astrophysics topics. One eagerly anticipated survey will...

The 7 Rocky TRAPPIST-1 Planets May Be Made of Similar Stuff

Spitzer • January 22nd, 2021

Precise measurements reveal that the exoplanets have remarkably similar densities, which provides clues about their composition.