Announcements

NASA Telescope to Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup

Project News • June 14th, 2022

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of many galaxies. Missions like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes would have to patch together hundreds of small images to see these structures around nearby galaxies in...

The Roman Space Observer Game

Project News • June 10th, 2022

You have been given observation time on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! How many astrophysical objects can you catch? The goal for this game is to inform and inspire players about the amazing cosmic objects in our universe and what Roman may be able to see in a fun and engaging way.

Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In

Project News • May 31st, 2022

Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including NASA scientists and the agency's NEOWISE mission – took part in the international exercise.

DEIMOS, ESI, MOSFIRE, AND HIRES REAL TIME INGESTION

Project News • April 19th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) DEIMOS, ESI, HIRES, KCWI, and MOSFIRE observations in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes after acquisition.

NEOWISE 2022 Data Release Available March 23, 2022

Project News • March 23rd, 2022

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2022 Data Release.

NASA’s Roman Mission Will Test Competing Cosmic Acceleration Theories

Project News • March 22nd, 2022

A team of scientists has predicted the science return from one of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s groundbreaking planned surveys, which will analyze millions of galaxies strewn across space and time.

Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets

Project News • March 21st, 2022

The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes. Not so long ago, we lived in a universe with only a small number of known planets, all of them orbiting our Sun. But a new raft of discoveries marks a...

How NASA’s Roman Could Help Find Other Earths by Surveying Space Dust

Project News • March 16th, 2022

A team of scientists found NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to measure a specific kind of space dust littered throughout dozens of nearby planetary systems’ habitable zones, or the regions around stars where temperatures are mild enough that liquid water could pool on worlds’...

Jessie Christiansen awarded a TED Fellowship

IPAC News • March 2nd, 2022

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute Scientist Dr. Jessie Christiansen will be joining a class of 20 change-makers from around the world as a TED Fellow.

NASA’s Roman Mission Could Snap First Image of a Jupiter-Like World

Project News • February 24th, 2022

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now under construction, will test new technologies for space-based planet hunting. The mission aims to photograph worlds and dusty disks around nearby stars with detail up to a thousand times better than possible with other observatories.