Project News

ZTF Public Data Release 12

Zwicky Transient Facility • July 7th, 2022

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

First Wolf-Rayet star observed as supernova

Zwicky Transient Facility • January 12th, 2022

A first-of-its-kind exploding star – thought to have existed only in theory – was recently discovered with the Zwicky Transient Facility by an international team of astronomers.

Public Data Release 8

Zwicky Transient Facility • November 3rd, 2021

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the 8th ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering...

Public Data Release 7

Zwicky Transient Facility • September 8th, 2021

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

Astronomers discover an unusually short gamma-ray burst from the death of a massive star

Zwicky Transient Facility • July 26th, 2021

ZTF and a host of other astronomical observatories have teamed up to identify a rather unusual gamma-ray burst (GRB) - the most powerful event in the universe. Caused by the...

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

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...

Machine learning helps astronomers classify dying stars

Zwicky Transient Facility • April 28th, 2021

Astronomers from the Zwicky Transient Facility team announce the first fully automated classification of Type Ia supernova.

Public Data Release 5

Zwicky Transient Facility • March 31st, 2021

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

A hungry black hole first discovered by ZTF is the likely source of a rare neutrino

Zwicky Transient Facility • February 22nd, 2021

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