Project News

Giant Planets Found in the Stellar Suburbs

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • May 26th, 2021

In the neighborhood that makes up our solar system, the giant planets—Jupiter and Saturn—reside in the chilly outer regions, while smaller planets tend to orbit closer to the...

Looking for Origins

Origins Space Telescope • May 13th, 2021

A proposed far-infrared telescope with key IPAC involvement and expertise is described in the leading space systems journal JATIS, including 20 technical articles on the design...

Machine learning helps astronomers classify dying stars

ZTF • April 28th, 2021

Astronomers from the Zwicky Transient Facility team announce the first fully automated classification of Type Ia supernova.

Machine learning helps astronomers classify dying stars

ZTF • April 28th, 2021

Astronomers from the Zwicky Transient Facility team announce the first fully automated classification of Type Ia supernova.

Astronomers Release New All-Sky Map of Milky Way's Outer Reaches

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • April 21st, 2021

The highlight of the new chart is a wake of stars, stirred up by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way. The map could also offer a new test of dark matter theories.

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Uncover Lonesome Black Holes

Roman • April 13th, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide an unprecedented window into the infrared universe when it launches in the mid-2020s.

Long-awaited review reveals journey of water from interstellar clouds to habitable worlds

Herschel • April 9th, 2021

Dutch astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden University, the Netherlands), together with an international team of colleagues, has written an overview of everything we know about...

Trio of Fast-Spinning Brown Dwarfs May Reveal a Rotational Speed Limit

Spitzer • April 7th, 2021

Brown dwarfs, sometimes known as “failed stars,” can spin at upwards of 200,000 mph, but there may be a limit to how fast they can go.

NASA’s Roman Mission Predicted to Find 100,000 Transiting Planets

Roman • March 31st, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, helping us answer questions about the evolution of our universe.

Public Data Release 5

ZTF • March 31st, 2021

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