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IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL and the world-wide research community to advance exploration of our Universe.
Pasadena, CA
Joined November 2016
The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) is celebrating 20 years of high school teachers & students doing astronomy research at IPAC!. “NITARP changed my life,” said one teacher who participated in the program. Read more great quotes here:.
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RT @NExScI_IPAC: 📣NASA-Keck Call For Proposals for semester 2026A (Feb. 1-July 31, 2026)!. US-based astronomers may request @keckobservator….
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RT @NExScI_IPAC: Spirit of Lyot 6: Abstract submission now open!📜. Since 2007, the #SpiritofLyot conference has brought together instrument….
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These 2 images, taken a year apart by @NASAHubble, show how supernova SN 2018gv faded over time. The High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey by @NASARoman will spot 1000s of supernovae, including a type that can be used to measure the expansion of the universe.
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IPAC scientist finds evidence for a planet in the same star system as #Avatar's Pandora!.If confirmed by additional observations, "Its very existence [. ] would challenge our understanding of how planets form, survive, and evolve in chaotic environments.".
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“We’re immensely disappointed that our spacecraft didn’t get to the Moon, but the two science instruments we developed, like the teams we brought together, are world class,” said Bethany Ehlmann, the mission’s principal investigator at Caltech. Read more:
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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after losing contact with the spacecr...
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After losing contact with the spacecraft and several months of a global effort to listen for a signal, Lunar Trailblazer concluded its mission to the Moon on July 31. Read more:.
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Registration for #IRSpaceSpectroscopy closes this week!⏱️. If you're planning to attend in person, register by midnight PDT this Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 to secure your spot and avoid a $50 late registration fee.
Infrared Spectroscopy from Space🌈🛰️. This hybrid conference will highlight how JWST, @ESA_Euclid, SPHEREx, @NASARoman & @ESAArielMission have or will enable scientific breakthroughs. Save the date to join us in Pasadena Oct. 6-8, 2025!
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Betelgeuse’s Companion Star May Have Been Seen at Last 👯♀️. "It always amazes me how much we still have to learn. Even stars like Betelgeuse, which we have studied for literally thousands of years, can still surprise us," said David Ciardi.
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The hits keep hitting at @NExScI_IPAC:. 🏆June: ExoFOP reaches 1,000,000 user-submitted files.🏆July: #NASAExoArchive adds its 1,000th spectrum of exoplanet atmospheres .🏆July: #Sagan2025 celebrates its 25th anniversary. Stay tuned for the next milestone: 6,000 planets!⏱️.
A Spectra-cular Milestone: More Than 1,000 Atmospheric Spectra!🌈🔢. We've added 27 spectra to the #NASAExoArchive Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table, bringing its holdings to more than 1,000 transmission, eclipse, and direct imaging spectra for exoplanet characterization! 🧵
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RT @NASARoman: Roman’s ready to soak up the Sun! ☀️. #ICYMI: The solar panels have been installed on our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope….
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Earth 2.0?? 🤯🌎🌍🌏.Livestream public talk on 7/16 @ 4pm PT 👇 @NancyRomanSci @NASARoman.
JULY 16, 7 p.m. ET: #NASARoman is NASA’s next large strategic mission. STScI's Dr. Kristen McQuinn will tell us how Roman is set to chart the depths of space and time and forge the path towards Earth 2.0:
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Clear Skies Ahead for Another #VGSF😎. IPAC bids farewell to @penn_state grad student Nick Tusay, who has been working with @NExScI_IPAC's Aurora Kesseli to learn more about ultra-hot Jupiters using high-resolution spectroscopy. Best of luck to Nick and his future endeavors! 🚀
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SPHEREx has delivered its first set of publicly-available data on @NASA_IRSA ! 📊 🛰️ . "Almost every area of astronomy can be addressed by SPHEREx data,” said Rachel Akeson, lead for the SPHEREx Science Data Center at IPAC.
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From Galileo to Galaxies: Astronomy at the Vatican!. IPAC Executive Director @TomPGreene spent part of his summer guest teaching at the @VaticanObserv Summer School on topics focusing on @NASAWebb. He also met @Pontifex (Pope Leo XIV)! . Read all about it:
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The #RubinFirstLook has us 🤩. "These images mark the beginning of an avalanche of data," said IPAC Manager David Imel. At IPAC, we've been developing the Science User Interface and Tools for the Rubin LSST Science Platform. Read about IPAC & @VRubinObs:
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IPAC's own Andreas Faisst @astrofaisst recently appeared on @KTLA discussing the COSMOS-Web JWST survey, which is shaking up what we thought we knew about the universe 🌀. Read more about COSMOS-Web: and .Watch Faisst's interview:
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Come work with @NExScI_IPAC Chief Scientist Jessie Christiansen and the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team (RGES PIT)!.In this three-year postdoc, you'll produce a statistical census of planets in orbits beyond >1AU for @NASARoman.
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Abstract Deadline: July 1⏲️. There is one week left to submit abstracts for IPAC's October 2025 conference: "Infrared Spectroscopy from Space." Join us in Pasadena to discuss the vast scientific potential unlocked by space-based infrared observations!
Infrared Spectroscopy from Space🌈🛰️. This hybrid conference will highlight how JWST, @ESA_Euclid, SPHEREx, @NASARoman & @ESAArielMission have or will enable scientific breakthroughs. Save the date to join us in Pasadena Oct. 6-8, 2025!
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Current IPAC staff members (less than 200 people!) have published over 5,000 research papers! That's a lot of science in one place! 🤯. Dive into the science happening at IPAC here:
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