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@caltechipac
IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL and the world-wide research community to advance exploration of our Universe.
Pasadena, CA
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  • @caltechipac
    Caltech IPAC
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    6h
    Read more here: ipac.caltech.edu/news/more-thanâ€Ķ
    @NExScI_IPAC
    NExScI: Exoplanet Science Institute Caltech IPAC
    @NExScI_IPAC
    Oct 8
    Over One Thousand TESS Planets Discovered! This week's 70 planets mark a new milestone: over 1,000 planets have been discovered with data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)! These additions bring the archive's total confirmed planet count to 6,445. ðŸ§ĩ
    This image has an artist's illustration of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) orbiting in space next to bold white text that says TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). Above that text is brown text in a italic-serif font that says 1,000 Planets.
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  • @caltechipac
    Caltech IPAC
    @caltechipac
    Oct 2
    The NEOWISE mission may have ended, but our team’s work lives on in space forever. 🚀 Some IPAC staff members have been officially designated as minor planets! ☄ïļ It's an honor to celebrate this milestone and carry forward Carl Grillmair's legacy. âœĻ wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletinâ€Ķ
    This is a group photo of five people standing against a white wall and looking and smiling at the camera while each holding a plaque of their Minor Planet designation. The individuals are (from viewer's left to right):  Chris Gelino, Roc Cutri (holding Carl Grillmair's plaque), Marcy Harbut, Sergio Fajardo-Acosta, and J. Davy Kirkpatrick.
    This image contains a plaque dedicated to an asteroid officially designated (872236) CARLGRILLMAIR. There are three color images of space, each containing a small red circle indicated the minor planet named after the IPAC researcher Carl Grillmair. The text on the plaque reads: Discovery: 2015-04-12 / WISE / WISE / C51
Citation: Carl Grillmair (1959-2026) was a Canadian-American astronomer working at IPAC at Caltech. His research focused on galactic halos and stellar debris streams, and he used survey data to identify dozens of tidal stellar streams around the Milky Way. Carl was a member of the Spitzer Science Center Team, and the WISE, NEOWISE, and NEO Surveyor Science Data Center. Image credit: Marcy Harbut (Caltech/IPAC)
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    Caltech IPAC
    @caltechipac
    Sep 29
    The Coronagraph Instrument on @NASARoman passed its first in-space checkout! The instrument powered on earlier this month, and the team here at IPAC at @Caltech has been commanding the instrument and receiving data from space. 🔗 roman.ipac.caltech.edu/news/nasa-actiâ€Ķ
  • @caltechipac
    Caltech IPAC
    @caltechipac
    Sep 16
    Scoops After Launch! 🚀ðŸĶ😋 The @NASARoman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC celebrated #NASARoman's launch with an ice cream social —marking years of work behind us and exciting science still ahead. #ExpandingOurView
    A family of four wearing astronomy-themed outfits pose together with their ice cream treats in front of an ice cream truck.
    Four adults (two women, two men) and two small children pose for a group photo while sitting at a picnic table.
    A group of about 30 people are gathered in a park under a shady canopy of oaks, either standing or sitting on benches, while listening to IPAC Executive Director Tom Greene, who is standing and facing the crowd.
  • @caltechipac
    Caltech IPAC
    @caltechipac
    Sep 8
    ⚡ïļ @NASARoman's Coronagraph Instrument is powered on and being tested as we speak 🔋 Check out these photos from the Coronagraph Command Center at IPAC, right when we confirmed that the instrument turned on! roman.ipac.caltech.edu/news/nasa-romaâ€Ķ