Project News

Work Is Under Way on NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Hunter

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • August 30th, 2024

The mirrors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other spacecraft components is accelerating.

Explore Exoplanets - The Discoverers (Episode 15)

IPAC Communications and Education • August 29th, 2024

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Telescope found its first planet candidate in 2009. Ten years later, KOI-4.01 was finally confirmed as an exoplanet by a team led by Dr. Ashley...

Live From the Clean Room — Building NEO Surveyor

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • August 21st, 2024

Watch as NASA’s next planetary defense mission comes together at the JPL.

SPHEREx Successfully Passes Vibe Test

SPHEREx • August 19th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passed its vibe test at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.

SPHEREx Observatory Continues its Testing Campaign with Acoustic Test

SPHEREx • August 16th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passes its acoustic test.

NASA's Euclid General Investigator Program: Mandatory Notice of Intent due August 22

Euclid • August 15th, 2024

Mandatory Notice of Intent (NOI) for NASA's Euclid General Investigator Program is due on August 22, 2024. Only schematic information is needed.

NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • August 15th, 2024

Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object...

Euclid Founders and Builders in the US

Euclid • August 13th, 2024

Three Euclid Founders and Twelve Euclid Builders are US scientists, indicative of the significant US contribution to the Euclid mission.

'Last Light' Image from NASA's NEOWISE

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • August 8th, 2024

Around midnight on July 31 in Pasadena, California, NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft made its final record of the infrared sky. This was the final observation that the prolific...

Euclid US Newsletter

Euclid • August 8th, 2024

ENSCI has launched the "Euclid US Newsletter", to inform the US scientific community of the significant developments in the Euclid mission.