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NEOWISE 2021 Data Release Available March 24, 2021

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 24th, 2021

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2021 Data Release.

New ‘Eyewear’ to Deepen the View of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Roman • March 3rd, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to explore even more cosmic questions, thanks to a new near-infrared filter.

A hungry black hole first discovered by ZTF is the likely source of a rare neutrino

ZTF • February 22nd, 2021

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A hungry black hole first discovered by ZTF is the likely source of a rare neutrino

ZTF • February 22nd, 2021

Neutrinos are abundant subatomic particles that are notoriously hard to detect. It's even harder to pinpoint their source and study their origin. ...

NASA’s Roman Mission Will Probe Galaxy’s Core for Hot Jupiters, Brown Dwarfs

Roman • January 25th, 2021

When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will explore an expansive range of infrared astrophysics topics. One eagerly anticipated survey will...

The 7 Rocky TRAPPIST-1 Planets May Be Made of Similar Stuff

Spitzer • January 22nd, 2021

Precise measurements reveal that the exoplanets have remarkably similar densities, which provides clues about their composition.

Citizen Scientists Help Create 3D Map of Cosmic Neighborhood

Spitzer • January 13th, 2021

Is our solar system located in a typical Milky Way neighborhood? Scientists have gotten closer to answering this question, thanks to the NASA-funded Backyard Worlds: Planet 9...

Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once

Roman • January 11th, 2021

NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to photograph an area of the sky at least 100 times larger than Hubble with the same crisp sharpness.

Continue to Follow Spitzer as you “ExploreAstro at Caltech IPAC”

Spitzer • December 16th, 2020

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was officially decommissioned on January 30, 2020, but Spitzer’s discoveries will continue for years to come. A great way to learn about these...

Public Data Release 4

ZTF • December 9th, 2020

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