Project News

Euclid begins new de-icing operation

Euclid • June 4th, 2024

Euclid begins new de-icing operation, since the level of ice has increased on the optical path toward the VIS instrument.

NASA's IRSA archive is serving data from Euclid Early Release Observations

Euclid • May 30th, 2024

NASA's InfraRed Science Archive (IRSA) (located at Caltech/IPAC) is serving the data from the Euclid Early Release Observations.

LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile, Paving the Way for Cosmic Exploration

Vera C. Rubin Observatory • May 22nd, 2024

The largest camera ever built for astrophysics has completed the long journey from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California to the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile,...

New Version of IRSA Viewer

Infrared Science Archive • May 21st, 2024

There's a brand new version of IRSA Viewer, and time series tool, DCE, catalog search tool, data discovery (that box on the IRSA front page), IRTF, and Atlas.

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

Roman • May 21st, 2024

A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image.

Four New Planets and JWST Spectra for Two Planets

NASA Exoplanet Archive • May 16th, 2024

The NASA Exoplanet Archive has added four new planets that bring the total confirmed planet count to 5,630.

NASA Images Help Explain Eating Habits of Massive Black Hole

Spitzer • May 9th, 2024

In images from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope, streams of dust thousands of light-years long flow toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Andromeda...

What is a black hole? Astro-Investigates Episode 1

IPAC Communications and Education • May 8th, 2024

Black holes - what are they really? Learn this and more with “Astro-Investigates,” a new video series that explores and explains big astrophysics topics with the help of NASA...

SPHEREx Observatory Assembled

SPHEREx • April 22nd, 2024

The SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test

Roman • April 17th, 2024

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned...