Project News

PI Jamie Bock gives first public lecture

SPHEREx • News Release • May 6th, 2019

PI Jamie Bock is giving the first public lecture describing SPHEREx since it was selected.

NEOWISE Celebrates Five Years of Asteroid Data

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • April 15th, 2019

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission released its fifth year of survey data on April 11, 2019. The five years of NEOWISE data have significantly advanced scientists' knowledge of asteroids and comets in the solar system, as well as the stars and galaxies...

NEOWISE 2019 Data Release

• Project News • April 11th, 2019

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2019 Data Release. The 2019 Data Release includes all data acquired during the fifth year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission, 13 December 2017 to 13...

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout

SPHEREx • News Release • March 13th, 2019

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout!

SPHEREx In the News

SPHEREx • News Release • February 19th, 2019

Some places where the SPHEREx selection has featured in the news.

NASA Selects SPHEREx As Its Next Medium-class Explorer Mission

SPHEREx • News Release • February 13th, 2019

We are excited and humbled to announce that NASA has selected SPHEREx as its next medium-class explorer mission, for launch in 2023!

Astronomers Find Clues to the Origins of Exploding Dead Stars

ZTF • News Release • February 7th, 2019

Dying stars known as Type Ia supernovae are often referred to as standard candles because they all emit the same, well-known amount of light when they explode and can therefore be used to measure distances in the universe. GROWTH astronomers have now observed a very peculiar Type Ia supernova...

Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs Several Supernovae a Night

ZTF • News Release • February 7th, 2019

The results are rolling in from Caltech's newest state-of-the-art sky-surveying camera, which began operations at the Palomar Observatory in March 2018. Called the Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, the new instrument has so far discovered 50 small near-Earth asteroids and more than 1,100...

Explore Exoplanets with NASA and Stars of 'The Expanse' & 'General Hospital'

Universe Unplugged • News • February 6th, 2019

Actors from the acclaimed sci-fi TV series “The Expanse” team up with Parry Shen of “General Hospital” to search for potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system in a new educational video series called “The Habitable Zone.” The videos introduce audiences to the science of exoplanets and...

Asteroid from ‘Rare Species’ Sighted in the Cosmic Wild

ZTF • News Release • February 5th, 2019

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit. The unusual object is among the first asteroids ever found whose orbit is confined almost entirely within the orbit of Venus. The asteroid's existence hints at potentially significant numbers of...

PI Jamie Bock gives first public lecture

SPHEREx • May 6th, 2019

PI Jamie Bock is giving the first public lecture describing SPHEREx since it was selected.

NEOWISE Celebrates Five Years of Asteroid Data

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • April 15th, 2019

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission released its fifth year of survey data on April 11, 2019. The five years of NEOWISE data have...

NEOWISE 2019 Data Release

• April 11th, 2019

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2019 Data Release. The 2019 Data...

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout

SPHEREx • March 13th, 2019

Michael Zemcov of RIT described SPHEREx at the Weekly Space Hangout!

SPHEREx In the News

SPHEREx • February 19th, 2019

Some places where the SPHEREx selection has featured in the news.

NASA Selects SPHEREx As Its Next Medium-class Explorer Mission

SPHEREx • February 13th, 2019

We are excited and humbled to announce that NASA has selected SPHEREx as its next medium-class explorer mission, for launch in 2023!

Astronomers Find Clues to the Origins of Exploding Dead Stars

ZTF • February 7th, 2019

Dying stars known as Type Ia supernovae are often referred to as standard candles because they all emit the same, well-known amount of light when they explode and can therefore...

Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs Several Supernovae a Night

ZTF • February 7th, 2019

The results are rolling in from Caltech's newest state-of-the-art sky-surveying camera, which began operations at the Palomar Observatory in March 2018. Called the Zwicky...

Explore Exoplanets with NASA and Stars of 'The Expanse' & 'General Hospital'

Universe Unplugged • February 6th, 2019

Actors from the acclaimed sci-fi TV series “The Expanse” team up with Parry Shen of “General Hospital” to search for potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system in a...

Asteroid from ‘Rare Species’ Sighted in the Cosmic Wild

ZTF • February 5th, 2019

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit. The unusual object is among the first asteroids ever found whose orbit is...