Project News

Stellar Birth in the Galactic Wilderness

GALEX • News Release • April 16th, 2008

A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows baby stars sprouting in the backwoods of a galaxy -- a relatively desolate region of space more than 100,000 light-years from the galaxy's bustling center.

Revisiting Classic Stellar "Real Estate" with GALEX

GALEX • News Release • February 21st, 2008

As the most sensitive ultraviolet telescope ever launched, NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) scouts galaxies, or "stellar communities," over 10 billion years of cosmic history. Since its launch in April 2003, GALEX has glimpsed hundreds of thousands of galaxies -- revealing some of the...

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Commits $200 Million Support for Thirty Meter Telescope

TMT • News Release • December 5th, 2007

The California Institute of Technology and the University of California have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward the further development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Funding under this commitment will be...

NEOCam: The Near-Earth Object Camera

NEOCam • Abstract • September 1st, 2006

The Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a space-based mid- infrared (IR) observing system, operating at the Earth-Sun L1 point. NEOCam's primary science goals are: - To assess the hazard to Earth from Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) - To study the origin and ultimate fate of our Solar System's...

Thirty Meter Telescope Passes Conceptual Design Review

TMT • News Release • June 1st, 2006

The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) developed by a U.S.-Canadian team is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area, according to the findings of an independent panel of experts.

Stellar Birth in the Galactic Wilderness

GALEX • April 16th, 2008

A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows baby stars sprouting in the backwoods of a galaxy -- a relatively desolate region of space more than 100,000 light-years...

Revisiting Classic Stellar "Real Estate" with GALEX

GALEX • February 21st, 2008

As the most sensitive ultraviolet telescope ever launched, NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) scouts galaxies, or "stellar communities," over 10 billion years of cosmic...

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Commits $200 Million Support for Thirty Meter Telescope

TMT • December 5th, 2007

The California Institute of Technology and the University of California have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward...

NEOCam: The Near-Earth Object Camera

NEOCam • September 1st, 2006

The Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a space-based mid- infrared (IR) observing system, operating at the Earth-Sun L1 point. NEOCam's primary science goals are: - To...

Thirty Meter Telescope Passes Conceptual Design Review

TMT • June 1st, 2006

The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) developed by a U.S.-Canadian team is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area,...