Project News

SPHEREx Observatory Continues its Testing Campaign with Acoustic Test

SPHEREx • August 16th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passes its acoustic test.

NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • August 15th, 2024

Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object...

'Last Light' Image from NASA's NEOWISE

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • August 8th, 2024

Around midnight on July 31 in Pasadena, California, NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft made its final record of the infrared sky. This was the final observation that the prolific...

Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars

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

A team of researchers and citizen scientists discovered 13 new red dwarf and brown dwarf binary systems in NASA's WISE and NEOWISE data that will help scientists better define...

NASA's NEOWISE Infrared Heritage Will Live On

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • July 2nd, 2024

NASA's near-Earth-object-hunting mission NEOWISE is nearing its conclusion. But its work will carry on with NASA's next-generation infrared mission: NEO Surveyor.

Iconic Pillars of Creation Star in NASA’s New 3D Visualization

IPAC Communications and Education • June 27th, 2024

Made famous in a 1995 NASA image, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula has captured imaginations worldwide for its arresting, ethereal beauty. Now, NASA’s...

NASA’s Roman Mission Gets Cosmic ‘Sneak Peek’ From Supercomputers

Roman • June 12th, 2024

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory contributed to a project that sets the stage for two telescopes investigating one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries.

SPHEREx Observatory Ready for Major Thermal Vacuum Test

SPHEREx • June 6th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory is now installed in the Titan Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test Chamber at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.

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,...

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.