Project News

Live Public talk by SPHEREx team member Phil Korngut on The Warm Glow of Our Cool Universe.

SPHEREx • News Release • October 14th, 2021

Live public talk on the SPHEREx and Euclid missions by Phil Korngut, SPHEREx Instrument Scientist, and Dida Markovic, Euclid mission team member.

New Python API for KOA

Keck Observatory Archive • Project News • October 14th, 2021

KOA has released a Python API that supports queries for public and protected raw science and calibration data for all active and retired instruments at the W. M. Keck Observatory.

NASA Confirms Roman Mission's Flight Design in Milestone Review

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • September 29th, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully passed its critical design review, signaling that all design and developmental engineering work is now complete.

Navigating the Pandemic: Record Attendance AT NExScI’s Sagan Summer Workshop

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • Project News • September 23rd, 2021

In a world gone virtual due to a pandemic, the 2021 Sagan Summer Workshop (SSW) was a shining success. A record number of more than 800 mostly early-career astronomers from almost 60 countries participated in the 2021 fully-online workshop organized by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute...

A New Understanding of Galaxy Evolution with NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • September 21st, 2021

When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in the mid-2020s, it will revolutionize astronomy by providing a panoramic field of view at least 100 times greater than Hubble's at similar image sharpness, or resolution.

Public Data Release 7

ZTF • News Release • September 8th, 2021

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

Lunar Trailblazer Is Building the Flight System to Fly to the Moon

Lunar Trailblazer • Project News • August 31st, 2021

On July 15th 2021, Lunar Trailblazer successfully passed its Critical Design Review (CDR). This review incorporated all the systems of the Lunar Trailblazer. The CDR review provided a final system-level check of the design and schedule of the mission.

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

Spitzer • News Release • August 31st, 2021

Brown dwarfs aren’t quite stars and aren’t quite planets, and a new study suggests there might be more of them lurking in our galaxy than scientists previously thought.

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • August 31st, 2021

A new study offers a tantalizing explanation for how a peculiar cosmic object called WISEA J153429.75-104303.3 – nicknamed “The Accident” – came to be.

Astronomers Find a ‘Break’ in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms

Spitzer • News Release • August 17th, 2021

The newly discovered feature offers insight into the large-scale structure of our galaxy, which is difficult to study from Earth’s position inside it.

Live Public talk by SPHEREx team member Phil Korngut on The Warm Glow of Our Cool Universe.

SPHEREx • October 14th, 2021

Live public talk on the SPHEREx and Euclid missions by Phil Korngut, SPHEREx Instrument Scientist, and Dida Markovic, Euclid mission team member.

New Python API for KOA

Keck Observatory Archive • October 14th, 2021

KOA has released a Python API that supports queries for public and protected raw science and calibration data for all active and retired instruments at the W. M. Keck Observatory.

NASA Confirms Roman Mission's Flight Design in Milestone Review

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • September 29th, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully passed its critical design review, signaling that all design and developmental engineering work is now complete.

Navigating the Pandemic: Record Attendance AT NExScI’s Sagan Summer Workshop

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • September 23rd, 2021

In a world gone virtual due to a pandemic, the 2021 Sagan Summer Workshop (SSW) was a shining success. A record number of more than 800 mostly early-career astronomers from...

A New Understanding of Galaxy Evolution with NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • September 21st, 2021

When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in the mid-2020s, it will revolutionize astronomy by providing a panoramic field of view at least 100 times greater than...

Public Data Release 7

ZTF • September 8th, 2021

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the seventh ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey...

Lunar Trailblazer Is Building the Flight System to Fly to the Moon

Lunar Trailblazer • August 31st, 2021

On July 15th 2021, Lunar Trailblazer successfully passed its Critical Design Review (CDR). This review incorporated all the systems of the Lunar Trailblazer. The CDR review...

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

Spitzer • August 31st, 2021

Brown dwarfs aren’t quite stars and aren’t quite planets, and a new study suggests there might be more of them lurking in our galaxy than scientists previously thought.

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • August 31st, 2021

A new study offers a tantalizing explanation for how a peculiar cosmic object called WISEA J153429.75-104303.3 – nicknamed “The Accident” – came to be.

Astronomers Find a ‘Break’ in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms

Spitzer • August 17th, 2021

The newly discovered feature offers insight into the large-scale structure of our galaxy, which is difficult to study from Earth’s position inside it.