Project News

Hexing Glass for TMT

TMT • July 22nd, 2021

Last month, I talked with the India-TMT Optics team and one of their industrial partners, Optica. We discussed their work for TMT’s primary mirror, for which India is providing...

New Spitzer Space Telescope Poster Released

Spitzer • July 22nd, 2021

This poster depicts the TRAPPIST-1 planets, some of which were discovered by Spitzer.

From the Sun to the stars

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • July 20th, 2021

A journey of exoplanet discovery begins as Penn State’s NEID spectrometer starts its scientific mission.

Meet the TMT Team - Interview with Saeko Hayashi

TMT • July 1st, 2021

Meet the team behind TMT - Associate Professor Saeko Hayashi

A White Dwarf Living on the Edge

ZTF • July 1st, 2021

Astronomers have identified a white dwarf so massive that it might collapse

A White Dwarf Living on the Edge

Zwicky Transient Facility • July 1st, 2021

Astronomers have identified a white dwarf so massive that it might collapse

A White Dwarf Living on the Edge

ZTF • June 30th, 2021

Astronomers have discovered the smallest and most massive white dwarf ever seen. The smoldering cinder, which formed when two less massive white dwarfs merged, is about...

Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • June 30th, 2021

For two more years, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets – including objects that could pose a...

Public Data Release 6

ZTF • June 30th, 2021

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the sixth ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering...

Public Data Release 6

Zwicky Transient Facility • June 30th, 2021

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the sixth ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering...