Announcements

NEOWISE Final Release Now Available

Project News • November 15th, 2024

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

Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard

Project News • November 14th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical Telescope Assembly, which includes a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror, nine additional mirrors, and supporting...

NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!

Project News • November 4th, 2024

NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as expected. Launched in 2009 as the WISE mission, the spacecraft has been mapping the entire sky at infrared wavelengths over and over for nearly...

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

Project News • October 29th, 2024

There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers.

NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope

Project News • October 28th, 2024

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft at a later date.

NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation

IPAC News • October 24th, 2024

NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for the benefit of all. IPAC Software Developer Brigitta Sipőcz led a proposal titled "Enhancement of Infrastructure and...

Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D

Project News • October 24th, 2024

New observations probe a sphere of filaments around a dead star.

Latest news from IRSA: e-newsletter issue 2024.5

Project News • October 14th, 2024

The latest e-newsletter from IRSA is available! Highlights include the Zwicky Transient Facility Data Release 22, COSMOS UltraVista DR 6 images, unWISE Data in Amazon Open Data Repository and ...IPAC & IRSA job opportunities.

NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects Studies

Project News • October 9th, 2024

Two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space were selected by NASA for additional review. Each proposal team will receive $5 million to conduct a 12-month mission concept study. After detailed evaluation of those studies, NASA expects to select one...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s 'Exoskeleton' Whirls Through Major Test

Project News • October 8th, 2024

A major component of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just took a spin on the centrifuge at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Called the Outer Barrel Assembly, this piece of the observatory is designed to keep the telescope at a stable temperature and shield it...