Project News

High school teachers and students doing real astronomy research? Absolutely!

• Project News • January 9th, 2019

Once again, more than 30 teachers, students and astronomy educators from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) will be attending the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), running from January 6 through January 10 in Seattle, WA.

Multi-Wavelength View of a Supernova Remnant

Herschel • News Release • January 7th, 2019

New Year's Eve may be past, but we are not done with fireworks just yet. This image, which includes data from ESA's Herschel Space Observatory, shows the remnants of an explosion – not of the colorful type ignited during celebrations, but of the stellar kind.

Visualization of the SPHEREx Galaxy Catalog

SPHEREx • News Release • October 10th, 2018

SPHEREx team members from Argonne National Laboratory have created an exciting new visualization of the galaxy catalog that SPHEREx will generate (if approved by NASA, that is).

Call for Proposals for 2019A NASA Keck Time

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • Project News • August 15th, 2018

The call for proposals for NASA Keck time in observing semester 2019A (February 1 - July 31, 2019) is now open for professional research using the NASA allocation for telescope observing time at the W.M. Keck Observatory.

Cross-Matching the Entire All-Sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • Project News • August 2nd, 2018

A major update to the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database was released featuring the results of cross-matching the entire all-sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED.

The SPHEREx Concept Study Report Submitted to NASA

SPHEREx • News Release • May 24th, 2018

The SPHEREx Concept Study Report has been submitted to NASA!

Planck Team Awarded 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize

Planck • Feature • May 11th, 2018

The Planck team and its leaders Nazzareno Mandolesi and Jean-Loup Puget were awarded the 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize, a recognition of groundbreaking work that provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture.

NEOWISE 2018 Data Release

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • April 19th, 2018

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and IPAC present the NEOWISE 2018 Data Release. The 4-year NEOWISE archive now contains over 10.2 million calibrated image sets and a database of over 76.8 billion source detections.

NASA Announces Class of 2018 Sagan, Hubble and Einstein Postdoctoral Fellows

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • Project News • April 3rd, 2018

NASA is pleased to introduce the 2018 class of 2018 Sagan, Hubble and Einstein Postdoctoral Fellows under the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program.

IRTF Archive at IRSA

Infrared Science Archive • Project News • February 27th, 2018

The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) Archive is now operational at IRSA. It is currently serving SpeX spectrograph data from the 2016B semester. IRTF is a 3.0m telescope optimized for IR observations, with 50% of the time reserved for studies of Solar System objects.

High school teachers and students doing real astronomy research? Absolutely!

• January 9th, 2019

Once again, more than 30 teachers, students and astronomy educators from the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) will be attending the winter meeting of the...

Multi-Wavelength View of a Supernova Remnant

Herschel • January 7th, 2019

New Year's Eve may be past, but we are not done with fireworks just yet. This image, which includes data from ESA's Herschel Space Observatory, shows the remnants of an...

Visualization of the SPHEREx Galaxy Catalog

SPHEREx • October 10th, 2018

SPHEREx team members from Argonne National Laboratory have created an exciting new visualization of the galaxy catalog that SPHEREx will generate (if approved by NASA, that is).

Call for Proposals for 2019A NASA Keck Time

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • August 15th, 2018

The call for proposals for NASA Keck time in observing semester 2019A (February 1 - July 31, 2019) is now open for professional research using the NASA allocation for telescope...

Cross-Matching the Entire All-Sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • August 2nd, 2018

A major update to the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database was released featuring the results of cross-matching the entire all-sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED.

The SPHEREx Concept Study Report Submitted to NASA

SPHEREx • May 24th, 2018

The SPHEREx Concept Study Report has been submitted to NASA!

Planck Team Awarded 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize

Planck • May 11th, 2018

The Planck team and its leaders Nazzareno Mandolesi and Jean-Loup Puget were awarded the 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize, a recognition of groundbreaking work that provides new...

NEOWISE 2018 Data Release

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • April 19th, 2018

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and IPAC present the NEOWISE 2018 Data Release. The 4-year NEOWISE archive now contains over 10.2 million calibrated...

NASA Announces Class of 2018 Sagan, Hubble and Einstein Postdoctoral Fellows

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • April 3rd, 2018

NASA is pleased to introduce the 2018 class of 2018 Sagan, Hubble and Einstein Postdoctoral Fellows under the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program.

IRTF Archive at IRSA

Infrared Science Archive • February 27th, 2018

The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) Archive is now operational at IRSA. It is currently serving SpeX spectrograph data from the 2016B semester. IRTF is a 3.0m telescope...