Announcements

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.

IRSA Highlights from 2021

Project News • January 27th, 2022

IRSA had a number of milestones, releases and updates in 2021. Here is a recap of some of the high-level announcements.

IPAC Visiting Graduate Fellowships 2022

Community News • January 27th, 2022

The IPAC Visiting Graduate Fellowship participants for 2022 have been selected.

Season’s Greetings & Best Wishes for 2022!

IPAC News • January 20th, 2022

Cheers for 2022 and beyond from your colleagues at IPAC!

NED 2021 Release Highlights

Project News • January 19th, 2022

In 2021, NED had six releases. The NED November and December 2021 Releases included integration of the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC 2.0.1), 989K new object links, 323K new sources from the literature cross-identified with NED objects, and 5.3 million new photometric data points have been...

First Wolf-Rayet star observed as supernova

Project News • 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.

High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research despite the global pandemic

Project News • January 11th, 2022

In many ways, January 2022 is not a typical January. Most years, we announce at the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) that the current class of educators from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) has graduated, and a new class of NITARP educators is...

Simulated Image Shows How NASA’s Roman Could Expand on Hubble’s Deepest View

Project News • January 10th, 2022

A team of astrophysicists has created a simulated image that shows how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could conduct a mega-exposure similar to but far larger than Hubble’s celebrated Ultra Deep Field Image.

PRIMA Far-IR Probe Science Workshop

Community News • January 10th, 2022

The PRIMA Far-IR Probe Science Virtual Workshop will be hosted by IPAC on March 22, 2022.

AAS Names 23 New Fellows for 2022

IPAC News • January 6th, 2022

The American Astronomical Society (AAS), a major international organization of professional astronomers, astronomy educators, and amateur astronomers, is honoring 23 members for extraordinary achievement and service by naming them AAS Fellows. IPAC Director George Helou is among the new Fellows...