Project News

Herschel and Planck Honored with Space Systems Award

Herschel • Feature • September 3rd, 2015

The Herschel and Planck project teams are this year's recipients of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Systems Award.

SPHEREx Selected for Phase A Study

SPHEREx • News Release • July 30th, 2015

SPHEREx Selected for Phase A Study!

Our Sun Came Late to the Milky Way's Star-Birth Party

Herschel • Feature • April 9th, 2015

Our Sun missed the stellar "baby boom" that erupted in our young Milky Way galaxy 10 billion years ago. During that time the Milky Way was churning out stars 30 times faster than it does today. Our galaxy was ablaze with a firestorm of star birth as its rich reservoir of hydrogen gas compressed...

A Gold Mine of Galaxy Nuggets

Herschel • Feature • March 31st, 2015

Astronomers mine data from the Planck and Herschel missions to find a treasure chest of galaxy clusters.

A Gold Mine of Galaxy Nuggets

Planck • Feature • March 31st, 2015

Astronomers mine data from the Planck and Herschel missions to find a treasure chest of galaxy clusters.

Suzaku, Herschel Link a Black Hole 'Wind' to a Galactic Gush of Star-forming Gas

Herschel • News Release • March 25th, 2015

By combining observations from the Japan-led Suzaku X-ray satellite and the European Space Agency's infrared Herschel Space Observatory, scientists have connected a fierce "wind" produced near a galaxy's monster black hole to an outward torrent of cold gas a thousand light-years across.

Planck Mission Explores the History of Our Universe

Planck • News Release • February 5th, 2015

New data from Planck are helping scientists better understand the history and fabric of our universe, as well as our own Milky Way galaxy.

Gravitational Waves from Early Universe Remain Elusive

Planck • News Release • January 30th, 2015

A joint analysis of data from the Planck space mission and the ground-based experiment BICEP2 has found no conclusive evidence of gravitational waves from the birth of our universe, despite earlier reports of a possible detection.

NEOWISE: A Yearlong Look at the Sky

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • January 15th, 2015

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft discovered and characterized 40 near-Earth objects (NEOs) in the first year after the mission was re-started in December 2013. Eight of the discoveries have been classified as potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), based on...

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NASA’s Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery, Uncovers More Small Worlds in Habitable Zones

Kepler • Project News • January 6th, 2015

How many stars like our sun host planets like our Earth? NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system, and to date has offered scientists an assortment of more than 4,000 candidate planets for further study -- the 1,000th of which was...

Herschel and Planck Honored with Space Systems Award

Herschel • September 3rd, 2015

The Herschel and Planck project teams are this year's recipients of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Systems Award.

SPHEREx Selected for Phase A Study

SPHEREx • July 30th, 2015

SPHEREx Selected for Phase A Study!

Our Sun Came Late to the Milky Way's Star-Birth Party

Herschel • April 9th, 2015

Our Sun missed the stellar "baby boom" that erupted in our young Milky Way galaxy 10 billion years ago. During that time the Milky Way was churning out stars 30 times faster...

A Gold Mine of Galaxy Nuggets

Herschel • March 31st, 2015

Astronomers mine data from the Planck and Herschel missions to find a treasure chest of galaxy clusters.

A Gold Mine of Galaxy Nuggets

Planck • March 31st, 2015

Astronomers mine data from the Planck and Herschel missions to find a treasure chest of galaxy clusters.

Suzaku, Herschel Link a Black Hole 'Wind' to a Galactic Gush of Star-forming Gas

Herschel • March 25th, 2015

By combining observations from the Japan-led Suzaku X-ray satellite and the European Space Agency's infrared Herschel Space Observatory, scientists have connected a fierce...

Planck Mission Explores the History of Our Universe

Planck • February 5th, 2015

New data from Planck are helping scientists better understand the history and fabric of our universe, as well as our own Milky Way galaxy.

Gravitational Waves from Early Universe Remain Elusive

Planck • January 30th, 2015

A joint analysis of data from the Planck space mission and the ground-based experiment BICEP2 has found no conclusive evidence of gravitational waves from the birth of our...

NEOWISE: A Yearlong Look at the Sky

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • January 15th, 2015

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft discovered and characterized 40 near-Earth objects (NEOs) in the first year after the mission was...

NASA’s Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery, Uncovers More Small Worlds in Habitable Zones

Kepler • January 6th, 2015

How many stars like our sun host planets like our Earth? NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system, and to date has...