Project News

Laugh and Learn about the Science of Exoplanets in the Fun-Filled "Astrophysics Variety Hour"

Universe Unplugged • March 29th, 2022

How exactly do scientists ever find exoplanets—planets beyond our solar system—and can we ever hope to know anything about these far-flung alien worlds? Those questions and more...

SPHEREx Passes Critical Design Review

SPHEREx • March 24th, 2022

NASA finalizes plans for its next cosmic mapmaker.

Exploring Cosmic Origins with SPHEREx (video)

SPHEREx • March 24th, 2022

The SPHEREx team releases a new video explaining how SPHEREx will explore Cosmic Origins.

NEOWISE 2022 Data Release Available March 23, 2022

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 23rd, 2022

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2022 Data Release.

NASA’s Roman Mission Will Test Competing Cosmic Acceleration Theories

Roman • March 22nd, 2022

A team of scientists has predicted the science return from one of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s groundbreaking planned surveys, which will analyze millions of...

Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets

NASA Exoplanet Archive • March 21st, 2022

The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes. Not so long ago, we lived in a...

NASA Spots Giant Debris Cloud Created by Clashing Celestial Bodies

Spitzer • March 18th, 2022

Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars.

How NASA’s Roman Could Help Find Other Earths by Surveying Space Dust

Roman • March 16th, 2022

A team of scientists found NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to measure a specific kind of space dust littered throughout dozens of nearby planetary systems’...

NASA’s Roman Mission Could Snap First Image of a Jupiter-Like World

Roman • February 24th, 2022

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now under construction, will test new technologies for space-based planet hunting. The mission aims to photograph worlds and dusty...

Day of Discovery: 7 Earth-Size Planets

Spitzer • February 22nd, 2022

Five years ago, astronomers revealed a spectacular collection of other worlds: the TRAPPIST-1 system.