Project News

NASA’s Recently Launched SPHEREx Ejects Dust Cover From Telescope

SPHEREx • March 20th, 2025

NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory, which launched into low Earth orbit on March 11, has opened its eyes to the sky. On March 18, the mission team commanded the spacecraft to...

ENSCI resources for Euclid Quick Release 1 data release

Euclid • March 19th, 2025

ENSCI has created a set of resources to help scientists make full use of the Euclid Quick Release 1 (Q1) data.

PRIMA and the Future of Far-Infrared Science

Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics • March 19th, 2025

In order to build the strongest case for the selection of PRIMA, we are bringing a large and representative cross-section of the future user community together to highlight the...

Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields

Euclid • March 19th, 2025

On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission releases its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Here, hundreds of thousands of...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

Vera C. Rubin Observatory • March 12th, 2025

Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history.

NASA Continues Work to Command Lunar Trailblazer, Assess Options

Lunar Trailblazer • March 12th, 2025

Efforts to reestablish communications with NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer have continued since mission operators at Caltech’s IPAC lost contact with the small satellite Feb. 27, one...

NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning

SPHEREx • March 12th, 2025

NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ingredients of life in our...

Team Preps to Study Dark Energy via Exploding Stars With NASA’s Roman

Roman • March 11th, 2025

The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the major goals for NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman...

ENSCI webinar on Quick Release 1 data

Euclid • March 7th, 2025

Euclid Quick Release 1 (Q1) data will be publicly released on March 19, 2025. ENSCI will host an online tutorial on the Euclid Q1 data on April 4th, 2025. Register for this...

Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch

SPHEREx • March 7th, 2025

NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what to expect during launch and beyond.