Project News

NASA Eyes Launching SPHEREx Sky-Mapping Mission in Early 2025

SPHEREx • December 9th, 2024

NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency’s next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the...

ZTF counts more than 10,000 supernovae

ZTF • December 4th, 2024

In its 7 years of operations, the Zwicky Transient Facility has revolutionized the discovery and classifications of supernovae contributing more than 70% of all detected...

Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • November 26th, 2024

On Nov. 1, 2024, while NASA’s NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific...

ENSCI user survey

Euclid • November 21st, 2024

ENSCI is doing a survey of the US Euclid community to support the upcoming Euclid Q1 data release. Take the survey, so we can better support you!

Back in the Clean Room for Final Testing!

SPHEREx • November 19th, 2024

SPHEREx Observatory is back in the BAE cleanroom for final cleaning, testing and closeouts prior to shipment to the launch site.

NEOWISE Final Release Now Available

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • November 15th, 2024

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

Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • November 14th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical...

NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • November 4th, 2024

NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as expected. Launched in 2009...

Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever

SPHEREx • October 31st, 2024

The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color.

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

Lunar Trailblazer • October 29th, 2024

There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers.