Project News

Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard

Roman • November 14th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical...

NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • November 4th, 2024

NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as expected. Launched in 2009...

Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever

SPHEREx • October 31st, 2024

The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color.

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

Lunar Trailblazer • October 29th, 2024

There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers.

ARIEL Takes Shape and First Shake

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey • October 29th, 2024

The construction phase of ESA’s ARIEL mission has started at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse (France) with the assembly of the spacecraft’s structural model. This marks a...

NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope

Roman • October 28th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of...

ENSCI User Panel 2024 report released

Euclid • October 24th, 2024

ENSCI User Panel has released its 2024 report, with evaluation of ENSCI performance, and recommendations for future planning.

Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • October 24th, 2024

New observations probe a sphere of filaments around a dead star.

Latest news from IRSA: e-newsletter issue 2024.5

Infrared Science Archive • October 14th, 2024

The latest e-newsletter from IRSA is available! Highlights include the Zwicky Transient Facility Data Release 22, COSMOS UltraVista DR 6 images, unWISE Data in Amazon Open Data...

NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects Studies

Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics • October 9th, 2024

Two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space were selected by NASA for additional review. Each proposal team will receive $5...