Project News

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

Roman • July 19th, 2022

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the...

SPHEREx presentation at 240th AAS in Pasadena, CA

SPHEREx • July 19th, 2022

Dr. Chen Heinrich presenting a Hyperwall talk at the 240th American Astronomical Society Meeting in Pasadena, CA on June 15th 2022.

NASA Helps Decipher How Some Distant Planets Have Clouds of Sand

Spitzer • July 7th, 2022

A new study using archival observations by the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope found a common trait among distant worlds where the exotic clouds form.

ZTF Public Data Release 12

ZTF • July 7th, 2022

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the twelfth ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey...

NEOWISE Completes 17 Coverages of the Full Sky

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • June 30th, 2022

As of mid-June 2022, NEOWISE has completed 17 coverages of the full sky since the start of the Reactivation mission and is beginning the 18th. Approximately 1.3 million infrared...

Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

Roman • June 27th, 2022

In the American Wild West, high noon was a time for duels and showdowns. When it comes to the history of the universe, cosmic noon featured fireworks of a different sort. Some 2...

New Images Using Data From Retired Telescopes Reveal Hidden Features

Herschel • June 16th, 2022

New images using data from ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA missions showcase the dust that fills the space between stars in four of the galaxies closest to our own Milky...

NASA Telescope to Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup

Roman • June 14th, 2022

Stellar streams look like ethereal strands of hair extending outward from some galaxies, peacefully drifting through space as part of the halo – a spherical region surrounding a...

The Roman Space Observer Game

Roman • June 10th, 2022

You have been given observation time on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! How many astrophysical objects can you catch? The goal for this game is to inform and inspire...

Native American tribe names a ZTF-discovered asteroid

ZTF • June 9th, 2022

Members of the Pauma band native American tribe, whose ancestral lands include the Palomar mountain, gathered at the Palomar Observatory to name a unique...