Announcements

NEOWISE 2021 Data Release Available March 24, 2021

Project News • March 24th, 2021

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2021 Data Release.

New ‘Eyewear’ to Deepen the View of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Project News • March 3rd, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to explore even more cosmic questions, thanks to a new near-infrared filter.

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

Project News • February 22nd, 2021

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Remembering John Stauffer

IPAC News • February 3rd, 2021

Long-time Caltech / IPAC astronomer John R. Stauffer passed away on January 29, 2021 after a battle with cancer.

NASA’s Roman Mission Will Probe Galaxy’s Core for Hot Jupiters, Brown Dwarfs

Project News • January 25th, 2021

When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will explore an expansive range of infrared astrophysics topics. One eagerly anticipated survey will use a gravitational effect called microlensing to reveal thousands of worlds that are similar to the planets in our...

Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once

Project News • January 11th, 2021

NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to photograph an area of the sky at least 100 times larger than Hubble with the same crisp sharpness.

Public Data Release 4

Project News • December 9th, 2020

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the fourth ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering the northern sky visible from Palomar Observatory.

Caltech-Led Lunar Trailblazer Mission Approved to Begin Final Design and Build

Project News • December 2nd, 2020

After one year of preliminary design and several reviews, NASA has confirmed the Caltech-led Lunar Trailblazer mission to proceed to final design and build.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope to Uncover Echoes of the Universe’s Creation

Project News • November 18th, 2020

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will detect vestiges of sound waves that once rippled through the primordial cosmic sea.

ARIEL Moves from Blueprint to Reality

Project News • November 12th, 2020

ESA's exoplanet mission Ariel, scheduled for launch in 2029, has moved from study to implementation phase, following which an industrial contractor will be selected to build the spacecraft.