Project News

Citizen Scientists Discover Five-Planet System

Kepler • January 11th, 2018

In its search for exoplanets—planets outside of our solar system—NASA's Kepler telescope trails behind Earth, measuring the brightness of stars that may potentially host...

NASA Space Telescopes Provide a 3-D Journey Through the Orion Nebula

Spitzer • January 11th, 2018

Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined visible and infrared vision of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to create...

NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy

Spitzer • January 11th, 2018

An intensive survey deep into the universe by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has yielded the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack: the farthest galaxy yet seen in an...

Mirror Blank from Japan Successfully Shipped to Bengaluru, India

TMT • January 9th, 2018

The shipment of TMT’s first meniscus-shaped primary mirror segment to the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bengaluru (Bangalore) has just been completed.

Thirty Meter Telescope Narrow Field InfraRed Adaptive Optics System Real-Time Controller Proceeds to Fabrication Phase

TMT • January 8th, 2018

The Real-Time Controller of TMT’s Narrow Field InfraRed Adaptive Optics System (NFIRAOS) successfully passed its final design review and is ready to proceed to the fabrication...

Keck awards 10 nights for Euclid calibration

Euclid • December 6th, 2017

Dr. Dan Masters (JPL) is the PI of a successful Keck proposal for a 2-semester, 10 night Key Strategic Mission Support program to complete the Euclid calibration in support of...

Exoplanet Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water

Spitzer • November 29th, 2017

A NASA-led team has found evidence that the oversized exoplanet WASP-18b is wrapped in a smothering stratosphere loaded with carbon monoxide and devoid of water. The findings...

Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere

Spitzer • November 16th, 2017

A super-Earth exoplanet thought to sport lava lakes on its hot side, 55 Cancri e, likely also wears an atmosphere with ingredients similar to Earth's, a new study indicates.

Zwicky Transient Facility Opens Its Eyes to the Volatile Cosmos

ZTF • November 14th, 2017

The latest workhorse camera at the Palomar Observatory can scan the majority of the northern sky every night, looking for cosmic events as they happen.

TMT’s first-light instrument enters final design phase

TMT • November 13th, 2017

Following a successful second IRIS Preliminary Design Phase Review (PDR-2) at the TMT Project Office in Pasadena, IRIS is proceeding into its Final Design phase. The focus of...