Project News

Goddard Team Builds, Tests Calibrator for NASA’s Roman in Record Time

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • April 19th, 2023

A vital subsystem for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI). Called the Simplified Relative Calibration System (sRCS), this component will allow astronomers to measure...

NEOWISE 2023 Data Release

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • March 22nd, 2023

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2023 Data Release.

Euclid in a Nutshell

Euclid • News Release • March 13th, 2023

The Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. It is an ESA space mission, with NASA contribution. This short video from ESA, "Euclid in a Nutshell", explains Euclid to the general public.

Millions of Galaxies Emerge in New Simulated Images From NASA's Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • March 8th, 2023

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations. Though it represents just a small chunk of the real future survey, this simulated version contains a staggering number of galaxies – 33 million of...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • March 1st, 2023

High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • February 6th, 2023

Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches by May 2027, this NASA observatory will help unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image...

IRSA 2022 Highlights

Infrared Science Archive • Project News • January 30th, 2023

IRSA continued with a number of milestones, releases and updates in 2022. ZTF data abounded, and the community contributed a number of data sets.

2023 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Hybrid Workshop Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres: The Next Twenty Years

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • Project News • January 30th, 2023

Observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere provide the best hope for distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the interplay between formation, natal composition, chemical and disequilibrium processes, and dynamics & circulation. This year’s workshop will...

Celebrating IRAS, NASA's First Infrared Space Telescope

Infrared Astronomical Satellite • Project News • January 25th, 2023

300 Days of Data That Spawned 40 Years of Infrared Astronomy

High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • Project News • January 10th, 2023

Among the thousands of attendees at this year’s 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, WA, held January 8-12, 2023, will be 17 astronomy educators and 12 of their students from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP). For some, their presence at AAS...

Goddard Team Builds, Tests Calibrator for NASA’s Roman in Record Time

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 19th, 2023

A vital subsystem for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft’s Wide Field...

NEOWISE 2023 Data Release

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 22nd, 2023

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2023 Data Release.

Euclid in a Nutshell

Euclid • March 13th, 2023

The Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. It is an ESA space mission, with NASA contribution. This short video from ESA,...

Millions of Galaxies Emerge in New Simulated Images From NASA's Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 8th, 2023

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations. Though it represents just a...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 1st, 2023

High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • February 6th, 2023

Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches...

IRSA 2022 Highlights

Infrared Science Archive • January 30th, 2023

IRSA continued with a number of milestones, releases and updates in 2022. ZTF data abounded, and the community contributed a number of data sets.

2023 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Hybrid Workshop Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres: The Next Twenty Years

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • January 30th, 2023

Observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere provide the best hope for distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the interplay between...

Celebrating IRAS, NASA's First Infrared Space Telescope

Infrared Astronomical Satellite • January 25th, 2023

300 Days of Data That Spawned 40 Years of Infrared Astronomy

High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • January 10th, 2023

Among the thousands of attendees at this year’s 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, WA, held January 8-12, 2023, will be 17 astronomy educators...