Project News

Explore Exoplanets: The Discoverers; Ep. 17 Ben Montet (part 1)

IPAC Communications and Education • December 12th, 2024

Dr. Ben Montet set out to study black holes and then radio transients, and along the way he discovered exoplanets! His team gathered enormous amounts of radial velocity data on...

NASA Successfully Integrates Roman Mission’s Telescope, Instruments

Roman • December 12th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission’s telescope and two instruments onto the instrument carrier, marking the completion of the...

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

Roman • 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...