The Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC
2MASS in the NEWS
2MASS PI Michael Skrutskie and Project Scientist for Data Processing Roc Cutri awarded the 2007
James Craig Watson Medal
of the National Academy of Sciences (January 2007)
National Academy of Sciences Press Release
IPAC Article
2MASS Team Awarded the 2006
Maria and Eric Muhlman Award
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
ASP press release
(2006 May 22)
Caltech press release
(2006 May 22)
We Can See Clearly Now -- 2MASS one of the
Top 100 Science Stories of 2003
Discover Magazine
(2004 Jan)
Astronomers Find Nearest Galaxy to the Milky Way (
press release
)
Story featured on:
Space Ref.com
(2003 Nov 4)
MSNBC/space.com
(2003 Nov 4)
New Map Of The Milky Way Shows Our Galaxy To Be A Cannibal (
press release
)
Story featured on:
CNN
Science & Space (2003 Sep 25)
MSNBC
Technology & Science (2003 Sep 25)
elmundo.es
ciencia/ecologica (2003 Sep 25)
BBC News
(2003 Sep 26)
Supercomputer Serves Up Giant Mosaic of Milky Way Images (story on IRSA's Montage software using 2MASS Atlas Images)
Earth and Space Data Computing Division news
2MASS Yields A Bird's-Eye View of Our Home Galaxy (
press release
)
Story featured on:
BBC News
Sci/Tech (2002 January 31)
CNN Space Chronicles
(2002 February 6)
Science News Online
(2002 February 23)
Space.com
(2002 March 12)
MSNBC Space News
(2002 March 12)
2MASS featured in 2001 November issue of
Astronomy
magazine
2MASS featured in the 2001 July 11 issue of the
NPACI Online
newsletter
2MASS featured in 2001 July issue of
Sky & Telescope
magazine
2MASS featured in 2000 December issue of
Sky & Telescope
magazine
Public announcement of the Second Incremental Data Release
Twin-telescope sky survey 'Gives you the stars'
(JPL News Releases)
"2MASS" Twin Telescopes Bring the Stars to Earth
(UMass News Release)
Sky Survey Captures the Universe
(www.space.com)
Half the Heavens: 1.9 Million Night Sky Images Online
(www.space.com)
Sky Survey Releases Millions of Images
(Discovery.com News)
Unveiling the Infrared Sky
NASA Science News home
Twin-telescope sky survey gives you the stars
(www.spaceflightnow.com)
Telescope 'sky census' posts star images on Internet
(www.HoustonChronicle.com)
Putting The Sky On Your Desk
(www.spacedaily.com)
Turn your PC into an observatory
(Laura Lee Show)
Discovery of Methane (T-type) Dwarfs Using 2MASS Data
(6/1/99)
Announcement of New Spectral Class of Stars: L Dwarfs
(6/10/98)
Last Update
: 2007 June 13
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