Project News

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • May 21st, 2024

A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image.

Four New Planets and JWST Spectra for Two Planets

NASA Exoplanet Archive • Project News • May 16th, 2024

The NASA Exoplanet Archive has added four new planets that bring the total confirmed planet count to 5,630.

Euclid Mission Status

Euclid • News Release • May 9th, 2024

ESA has begun providing public information on the status of the Euclid mission, updated on a daily basis.

NASA Images Help Explain Eating Habits of Massive Black Hole

Spitzer • News Release • May 9th, 2024

In images from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope, streams of dust thousands of light-years long flow toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Andromeda galaxy. It turns out these streams can help explain how black holes billions of times the mass of our Sun satiate their big...

What is a black hole? Astro-Investigates Episode 1

IPAC Communications and Education • Project News • May 8th, 2024

Black holes - what are they really? Learn this and more with “Astro-Investigates,” a new video series that explores and explains big astrophysics topics with the help of NASA scientists. Caltech/IPAC's Keith Miller (Editor/Director/Co-Producer) and Robert Hurt (Science Visualizations/Co-Producer)...

How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • May 8th, 2024

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun's mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of "featherweight" black holes that has so far eluded detection.

SPHEREx Observatory Assembled

SPHEREx • News Release • April 22nd, 2024

The SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • April 17th, 2024

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman’s science instruments...

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Euclid gets Space Foundation Award

Euclid • News Release • April 11th, 2024

The Euclid mission team was awarded this year’s Space Achievement Award by the Space Foundation, a non-profit organization.

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • April 4th, 2024

Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady nuclear fusion, or the mature phase of its life, it changes little for billions of years. One exception to that rule is...

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • May 21st, 2024

A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image.

Four New Planets and JWST Spectra for Two Planets

NASA Exoplanet Archive • May 16th, 2024

The NASA Exoplanet Archive has added four new planets that bring the total confirmed planet count to 5,630.

Euclid Mission Status

Euclid • May 9th, 2024

ESA has begun providing public information on the status of the Euclid mission, updated on a daily basis.

NASA Images Help Explain Eating Habits of Massive Black Hole

Spitzer • May 9th, 2024

In images from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope, streams of dust thousands of light-years long flow toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Andromeda...

What is a black hole? Astro-Investigates Episode 1

IPAC Communications and Education • May 8th, 2024

Black holes - what are they really? Learn this and more with “Astro-Investigates,” a new video series that explores and explains big astrophysics topics with the help of NASA...

How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • May 8th, 2024

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun's mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space...

SPHEREx Observatory Assembled

SPHEREx • April 22nd, 2024

The SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 17th, 2024

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned...

Euclid gets Space Foundation Award

Euclid • April 11th, 2024

The Euclid mission team was awarded this year’s Space Achievement Award by the Space Foundation, a non-profit organization.

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 4th, 2024

Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady...