Project News

Euclid Approved for Launch in 2023

Euclid • October 27th, 2022

On October 20, 2022, the ESA Council approved ESA's proposal to use the SpaceX vehicle Falcon 9 to launch Euclid in 2023.

NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • October 18th, 2022

Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.

NEO Surveyor Project Passes Preliminary Design Review

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • October 12th, 2022

The NEO Surveyor Project recently passed the Project’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a major milestone in the NASA mission lifecycle. NASA’s review board, consisting of...

Discovery Alert: Ultra-hot 'Super-Earth' Could Have No Atmosphere

Spitzer • October 11th, 2022

GJ 1252 b, a rocky, terrestrial "super-Earth" discovered in 2020, has been given a closer look and astronomers have found that the exoplanet could have a very minimal atmosphere...

IRSA Newsletter: Issue 2022.9

Infrared Science Archive • October 5th, 2022

The October 2022 IRSA Newsletter is available. Highlights include: Herschel Local Group and Roman HLSS Galaxy Mock Catalog Releases, IRSA Viewer and WISE Image Server Updates,...

NITARP Class of 2023 Application

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • September 8th, 2022

The 2023 NITARP application is now available! Applications are due here by 3pm Pacific time, Monday Sep 12, 2022.

2023A NASA Keck Call for Proposals

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • September 8th, 2022

The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute is soliciting proposals to use NASA's portion of time on the Keck Telescopes for the 2023A observing semester (February 1-July 31, 2023)....

All Active Instruments Raw (Level 0) Data Now Available in Near-Real Time

Keck Observatory Archive • August 29th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) NIRES, NIRSPEC, and OSIRIS observations and Quicklook (level 1) and Reduced (level 2) OSIRIS products in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes...

UVEX Selected for Phase A Study

Ultraviolet Explorer • August 19th, 2022

NASA has selected four mission proposals submitted to the agency’s Explorers Program for further study. Among the projects proceeding to the Phase A mission concept study phase...

Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes Dramatic Entrance

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • August 17th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the entire sky. Its cutting-edge instruments require a custom-built chamber to make sure they’ll be ready to operate in space.