Project News

2,700 Pages Later, a Space Mission Is Born

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • April 23rd, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Caltech's James (Jamie) Bock sat down with NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, to receive some good news: NASA had selected the space mission proposal he had been working on laboriously for more than six years.

NEOWISE Celebrates Five Years of Asteroid Data

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • April 15th, 2019

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission released its fifth year of survey data on April 11, 2019. The five years of NEOWISE data have significantly advanced scientists' knowledge of asteroids and comets in the solar system, as well as the stars and galaxies...

NEOWISE 2019 Data Release

• Project News • April 11th, 2019

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2019 Data Release. The 2019 Data Release includes all data acquired during the fifth year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission, 13 December 2017 to 13...

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout

SPHEREx • News Release • March 13th, 2019

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout!

SPHEREx In the News

SPHEREx • News Release • February 19th, 2019

Some places where the SPHEREx selection has featured in the news.

NASA Selects Caltech-led SPHEREx Space Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • February 13th, 2019

NASA has selected a new Caltech-led space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common the ingredients for life are in our galaxy's planetary systems.

NASA Selects SPHEREx As Its Next Medium-class Explorer Mission

SPHEREx • News Release • February 13th, 2019

We are excited and humbled to announce that NASA has selected SPHEREx as its next medium-class explorer mission, for launch in 2023!

Astronomers Find Clues to the Origins of Exploding Dead Stars

ZTF • News Release • February 7th, 2019

Dying stars known as Type Ia supernovae are often referred to as standard candles because they all emit the same, well-known amount of light when they explode and can therefore be used to measure distances in the universe. GROWTH astronomers have now observed a very peculiar Type Ia supernova...

Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs Several Supernovae a Night

ZTF • News Release • February 7th, 2019

The results are rolling in from Caltech's newest state-of-the-art sky-surveying camera, which began operations at the Palomar Observatory in March 2018. Called the Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, the new instrument has so far discovered 50 small near-Earth asteroids and more than 1,100...

Explore Exoplanets with NASA and Stars of 'The Expanse' & 'General Hospital'

Universe Unplugged • News • February 6th, 2019

Actors from the acclaimed sci-fi TV series “The Expanse” team up with Parry Shen of “General Hospital” to search for potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system in a new educational video series called “The Habitable Zone.” The videos introduce audiences to the science of exoplanets and...

2,700 Pages Later, a Space Mission Is Born

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • April 23rd, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Caltech's James (Jamie) Bock sat down with NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, to receive some good news:...

NEOWISE Celebrates Five Years of Asteroid Data

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • April 15th, 2019

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission released its fifth year of survey data on April 11, 2019. The five years of NEOWISE data have...

NEOWISE 2019 Data Release

• April 11th, 2019

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2019 Data Release. The 2019 Data...

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout

SPHEREx • March 13th, 2019

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout!

SPHEREx In the News

SPHEREx • February 19th, 2019

Some places where the SPHEREx selection has featured in the news.

NASA Selects Caltech-led SPHEREx Space Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • February 13th, 2019

NASA has selected a new Caltech-led space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common the ingredients for life are in our galaxy's...

NASA Selects SPHEREx As Its Next Medium-class Explorer Mission

SPHEREx • February 13th, 2019

We are excited and humbled to announce that NASA has selected SPHEREx as its next medium-class explorer mission, for launch in 2023!

Astronomers Find Clues to the Origins of Exploding Dead Stars

ZTF • February 7th, 2019

Dying stars known as Type Ia supernovae are often referred to as standard candles because they all emit the same, well-known amount of light when they explode and can therefore...

Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs Several Supernovae a Night

ZTF • February 7th, 2019

The results are rolling in from Caltech's newest state-of-the-art sky-surveying camera, which began operations at the Palomar Observatory in March 2018. Called the Zwicky...

Explore Exoplanets with NASA and Stars of 'The Expanse' & 'General Hospital'

Universe Unplugged • February 6th, 2019

Actors from the acclaimed sci-fi TV series “The Expanse” team up with Parry Shen of “General Hospital” to search for potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system in a...