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High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • January 10th, 2023

Among the thousands of attendees at this year’s 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, WA, held January 8-12, 2023, will be 17 astronomy educators...

Announcing the "First UVEX Community Workshop: Synergies and New Opportunities"

Ultraviolet Explorer • January 3rd, 2023

The UVEX team is pleased to announce the "First UVEX Community Workshop: Synergies and New Opportunities," which will be held in Pasadena, CA on the Caltech campus from 13 to 15...

Moon Water Imager Integrated With NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

Lunar Trailblazer • December 22nd, 2022

Lunar Trailblazer is one step closer to launching next year. Earlier this month, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory delivered a key science instrument to Lockheed Martin Space in...

New Data in NED - 2022 Release Highlights

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • December 22nd, 2022

NED had two data releases since Chandra data were integrated in April. More than 200K object links to 1800 new articles, 160K redshifts, and 153K new sources have been added.

Assembly Begins on NASA’s Next Tool to Study Exoplanets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • December 21st, 2022

The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study planets around other stars. Putting it together will require a highly choreographed dance.

Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find

Spitzer • December 15th, 2022

A team led by researchers at the University of Montreal has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," where water makes up a large...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • December 7th, 2022

Agency officials have completed a rigorous technical and programmatic review, known as Key Decision Point C (KDP-C), and confirmed NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space...

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • December 6th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above)...

ZTF makes first discovery of a rare cosmic 'lunch'

ZTF • November 30th, 2022

Tidal disruption events are violent cosmic displays of a black hole devouring a nearby star. Astronomers uncovered a very rare flavor of such an event in the survey data...

Baby Star ‘Burps’ Tell Tales of Frantic Feeding, NASA Data Shows

Spitzer • November 29th, 2022

The youngest stars often shine in bright bursts as they consume material from surrounding disks.