Project News

SPHEREx Spectrophotometry Tool Available via IRSA

Infrared Science Archive • September 12th, 2025

IRSA has released a new Spectrophotometry Tool for measuring spectra from the public SPHEREx Quick Release Spectral Images. The tool is available in the SPHEREx Data Explorer...

NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • September 9th, 2025

An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets.

ZTF catches a never-before-seen flare of a supernova

ZTF • September 4th, 2025

A large team of astronomers, led by ZTF partners at the Northwestern university stumbled upon a unique explosion of a supernova from a massive star back in Sept 2021....

The Light and Dark Sides of NEO Surveyor’s Instrument Enclosure

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • September 4th, 2025

After arriving at the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in Logan, Utah, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in May 2025, the instrument enclosure for the...

20 years of high school teachers and students doing astronomy research at IPAC

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • August 28th, 2025

The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) is celebrating 20 years of high school teachers and students doing astronomy research at IPAC.

SPHEREx Discovers Extended Carbon Dioxide Coma in Interstellar Object 3I-ATLAS

SPHEREx • August 21st, 2025

SPHEREx has made detailed multi-spectral observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, detecting an abundance of carbon dioxide gas in its coma (the extended gaseous atmosphere...

NASA Roman Core Survey Will Trace Cosmic Expansion Over Time

Roman • August 12th, 2025

Roman’s High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey will find exploding stars that act as signposts to measure the universe’s expansion and the influence of dark energy. For thousands of...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Moon Mission Ends

Lunar Trailblazer • August 4th, 2025

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after losing...

Betelgeuse’s Companion Star May Have Been Seen at Last

NN-explore Exoplanet Investigations with Doppler spectroscopy • July 24th, 2025

Three IPAC scientists, David R. Ciardi, Catherine A. Clark, and Elise Furlan, were co-authors on this study supporting the claim that Betelgeuse may have a stellar companion...

ENSCI User Survey 2025

Euclid • July 16th, 2025

ENSCI conducted a user survey in 2025. It collected useful feedback and valuable input from the community. Read about the details!