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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: ipac.caltech.edu/project/rubin
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! 🧵
Roman’s ready to soak up the Sun! ☀️ #ICYMI: The solar panels have been installed on our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roman is on schedule for launch by May 2027, with the team aiming for as early as fall 2026. 🔗 go.nasa.gov/44DVS0l
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: youtube.com/live/2NpN8aejy…
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! 🚀
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. spherex.caltech.edu/news/how-nasa-…
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: ipac.caltech.edu/news/from-gali…
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: ipac.caltech.edu/news/cosmos-we… and Watch Faisst's interview: ktla.com/video/caltech-…
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. aas.org/jobregister/ad…
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! conference.ipac.caltech.edu/IRSpaceSpectro…
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! conference.ipac.caltech.edu/IRSpaceSpectro…
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: ipac.caltech.edu/science
#AAS246 Preparing for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's First Call for Proposals 📞📄 The first call for proposals is expected to be released in Fall 2025! Stay up to date with @NancyRomanSci and the Roman Science Support Center @ IPAC: roman.ipac.caltech.edu/page/call-for-…
A Giant Planet Orbiting a Tiny Star🐁🦖 One of this week's four new planets is TOI-6894 b, a sub-Saturn-mass planet orbiting a low-mass red dwarf—the smallest known star to host a transiting giant planet. We also have seven more spectra for five planets! exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu
#AAS246 isn't over yet! We still have our #NASARoman poster session in the Exhibit Hall. And don't forget to stop by the STScI and IPAC booths for some new, never-seen-before SWAG.
In the #AAS246 Plenary Lecture, IPAC Senior Scientist and @NExScI_IPAC Deputy Director David Ciardi stepped up to the plate to discuss all things exoplanets 🪐 Ciardi took over for Sean Carey, IPAC Senior Scientist and NEO Surveyor Task Lead, who could no longer attend.
IPACer Wanggi Lim presented at a press conference at #AAS246 ⭐️ The new research, led in partnership with James De Buizer @SETIInstitute, revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. youtube.com/live/gJjSZu9ob…
Happy Wednesday #AAS246! Today we have one #NASARoman session: 9-10am ETC, STScI booth in Exhibit Hall Don't forget to visit the STScI and IPAC booths at the Exhibit Hall to learn more (and get some stickers): today 9 AM - 6:30 PM and Thurs 8:30 AM - 2 PM! 👾 #ExpandOurView
The STScI Town Hall at #AAS246 was the ultimate prep guide for Roman launch 🚀 We got the scoop 🍨on data products, community analysis tools, the Roman Science Collaboration, core community survey designs, and more. Roman’s coming— are you ready?!
Hello #AAS246!👋 We're excited to support the astrophysics community in Anchorage this week! Stop by booth 205 in the Exhibit Hall to say hi and to learn about the latest science and tech happening at IPAC and @NExScI_IPAC.🤖🚀📶🔍
Exoplanet discovery database, @NExScI_IPAC's ExoFOP, reaches 1 million files and counting 📈🪐 Read more about how the astronomy community is working together to answer science's biggest questions: ipac.caltech.edu/news/exoplanet…