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Looking forward to #AAS248 next week…and our #IPAC40 PARTY! 🥂🥳 We're celebrating 40 years of IPAC with food, drinks, activities, and merch! Join us on Wednesday, June 17 @ 6:30-8:00 p.m. More details here: ipac.caltech.edu/page/aas248
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Join us for a FREE afternoon of science demonstrations, solar telescopes, and public-level presentations on black holes, exoplanets, galaxies, and more. Come learn about space with scientists from Caltech, NASA JPL, Carnegie, LIGO, etc. More info at: cityofastronomy.org/
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The most common types of exoplanets are oddly missing from our own solar system 🤔 Scaling K2, an ongoing project at @NExScI_IPAC, is diving into this enigma: ipac.caltech.edu/news/findin…
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The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor — NASA’s first infrared space telescope purposely designed to discover potentially hazardous asteroids and comets — is undergoing integration and testing. 🔨 ⚙️ 🔧 ipac.caltech.edu/news/nasa-s…
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The mission data will go to the NEO Surveyor Survey Data Center at Caltech IPAC. Responsible for processing and calibrating the huge number of observations that the spacecraft delivers, the center will also produce images and source catalogs for archiving at @NASA_IRSA
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IPAC Annual Picnic: 40th Anniversary Edition ✨ The dessert bake-off during the picnic is IPAC’s sweetest tradition 🍰 Kevin Hardegree-Ullman’s “#ipac40 Cosmic Brownies” won first place, and Chris Gelino’s “Retro Lemon Curd Cake” won the people’s choice award!
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NASA's SPHEREx mission is mapping 'interstellar glaciers' across our galaxy, and these icy regions may be the origins of glaciers—and all water—on Earth 💧 spherex.caltech.edu/news/int…
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Say hello to Brandon Radzom (@LilSarcadzom) from @IUBloomington, who joins us as a 2026 Visiting Graduate Student Research Fellow! Brandon is working with IPAC's Kevin Hardegree-Ullman to learn more about the most common types of exoplanets in our galaxy. 🛰️🪐#VGSRF
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📢 WE’VE GOT BIG NEWS! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track to launch in early September of this year. #ICYMI @NASAAdmin announced last week that Roman is eight months ahead of schedule and under budget! Learn more about the observatory and how we got here: nasa.gov/Roman Make sure to follow the mission on social media accounts to stay up to date.
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Ready to scale your science?☁️🔭 Join our #AAS248 workshop on Fornax, NASA’s new cloud-based astrophysics science platform! 🔹Sunday, June 14 | 2–4 PM 🔹Access & analyze NASA astrophysics data in the cloud 🔹Explore HATS/Parquet workflows 👉Register by 5/21 and add the workshop
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The Visiting Graduate Student Research Fellows have landed! 🚀🔭 @AstroJayke joins us in Pasadena to work on the forward modeling of JWST's aperture mask interferometry (AMI) mode to uncover the inner regions of planetary systems. 🪐🪐🪐🛰️ More on #VGSRF: ipac.caltech.edu/page/gradua…
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We're proud to name Harry Teplitz as IPAC’s new Head of Science Staff and Roberta Paladini as Deputy Head!👏 They will lead our scientific community by advocating for research, mentoring staff, and fostering career growth across the center. Details: ipac.caltech.edu/news/harry-…
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How do you explore the most crowded area of the Milky Way? With precision and persistence 🔎 @NASARoman is gearing up to study this region with the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey. Read more about Roman's observing plans & IPAC's role here: roman.ipac.caltech.edu/news/…
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Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! 🪨🎶🎵 @caltechipac scientist Catherine Clark was quoted in a @PhysicsToday article about the science behind the book and recently released movie @projecthailmary Check out her quote about Rocky's home planet here: physicstoday.aip.org/news/sc…
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Caltech and NASA JPL scientists are tracking Artemis II on its way to the Moon. These images were taken using the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory, one of the largest telescopes in the world.
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🚀 This year’s Roman Science Conference registration is now OPEN! 🛰️”Shifting Landscapes in Astrophysics: New Frontiers to Explore with Roman” — from exoplanets to galaxy evolution and cosmology! 🗓️ July 13-16 📍 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 🔗 bit.ly/46D1Vmt
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Last week in Pasadena: RAPID Response - Hot-Wiring 2026 We brought together the time-domain community for deep dives into next-gen surveys and AI-driven discovery. A productive week filled with lively discussions and new collaborations. All talks: bit.ly/4lXmnVi
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This topic was the subject of a recent KISS study where world-leading scientists and technologists convened at Caltech for in-depth technical discussions to develop these ideas further. Read more on the KISS website and stay tuned for the final report: kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/h…
Congrats @KISS_Caltech study leads, Ahmed Soliman & Stuart Shaklan @NASAJPL, & John Mather @NASAGoddard, & team, whose hybrid space-ground observatories work made the @NatureAstronomy cover! Thanks to Keith Miller, @caltechipac for visualizing! Read here: nature.com/natastron/volumes…
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Meet the #NHFP Sagan Fellows! 👋👋👋 NExScI is thrilled to welcome six trailblazers in exoplanet science joining the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program. Their research tackles the scientific question, "Are we alone?" 🪐✨ Get to know them and their research: stsci.edu/stsci-research/fel…
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Congrats to the #NHFP class of 2026! These 24 early-career scientists have been selected for the 2026 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program! Einstein, Hubble, and Sagan fellows represent the next generation of leaders in astrophysics.🌟go.nasa.gov/47lUaBA
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