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Intricate Layers of Interstellar Dust, Gas Mapped in Cassiopeia A light echoes

IPAC News • January 14th, 2025

Jacob Jencsen, a staff scientist at IPAC, led a a study that reveals intricate layers of interstellar dust and gas around the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Jencsen's team presented their findings in a press conference at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in National Harbor, Maryland.

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People of IPAC: New Leaders, New Roles, New Staff

IPAC News • December 14th, 2024

There were many changes in the IPAC team in 2024. We filled 20 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles....

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NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation

IPAC News • October 24th, 2024

NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for...

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Changes in NExScI Leadership

IPAC News • June 6th, 2024

Dr. David Ciardi, an IPAC senior science staff member and NExScI’s Chief Scientist, has been appointed Deputy Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI). His new...

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SPHEREx Begins Integration with PUNCH

SPHEREx • January 29th, 2025

The SPHEREx Observatory has completed standalone operations in the West High Bay at Astrotech Space Operations Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The...

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Spacecraft Makers: SPHEREx and the Intense Tests That Prepared It for Space

SPHEREx • January 28th, 2025

Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx aims to capture millions of stars and galaxies in 102 colors,...

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High school teachers and students continue doing real astronomy research

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program • January 24th, 2025

It’s time! At the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), running from January 12 through January 16 in National Harbor, MD, 14 astronomy educators and 14 of...

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Rehearsing for the Big Moment

SPHEREx • January 23rd, 2025

During payload testing, the SPHEREx team prepared for launch and post-launch operations. In October 2024, we conducted the first Operational Readiness Test (ORT), simulating...

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New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • January 14th, 2025

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see it. This preview will...

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NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • January 8th, 2025

Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the spacecraft that...

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