Vera C. Rubin Observatory • Project News • 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, where it will soon help unlock the Universe’s mysteries.
Infrared Science Archive • Project News • 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.
Roman • News • 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.
NASA Exoplanet Archive • Project News • May 16th, 2024
The NASA Exoplanet Archive has added four new planets that bring the total confirmed planet count to 5,630.
Spitzer • News Release • 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 galaxy. It turns out these streams can help explain how black holes billions of times the mass of our Sun satiate their big...
IPAC Communications and Education • Project News • 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 scientists. Caltech/IPAC's Keith Miller (Editor/Director/Co-Producer) and Robert Hurt (Science Visualizations/Co-Producer)...
SPHEREx • News Release • April 22nd, 2024
The SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.
Roman • News • 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 optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman’s science instruments...
Roman • News • April 4th, 2024
Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady nuclear fusion, or the mature phase of its life, it changes little for billions of years. One exception to that rule is...
SPHEREx • News Release • March 21st, 2024
The final assembly of the SPHEREx observatory has began.
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,...
Infrared Science Archive • May 21st, 2024
Roman • May 21st, 2024
NASA Exoplanet Archive • May 16th, 2024
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...
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 • April 22nd, 2024
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...
Roman • April 4th, 2024
Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady...
SPHEREx • March 21st, 2024
