Cosmic Origins Projects
Future Missions
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed to unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, observe exoplanets, and explore many topics in infrared astrophysics.
Related Future Missions
Athena will be an X-ray telescope with cutting-edge instruments. It was selected as the second largest mission in the European Space Agency’s Cosmic Vision program.
This is a planned mission to investigate dark matter and dark energy. Euclid has passed its preliminary design review.
This will be a collaborative mission between JAXA and NASA, with European Space Agency participation. XRISM will investigate X-ray objects with high-throughput imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy.
Webb Unveils Dark Side of
Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud. Read more.
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Current and Upcoming Events
Continuing Call for Nominations to the Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) Executive Committee. »
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4–5 May 2023
Arcus Probe Community Science Meeting »
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Program News and Announcements
3 March 2023
The 2nd PRIMA Community Workshop »
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3 March 2023
Towards Starlight Suppression for the Habitable Worlds Observatory »
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24 February 2023
International Day of Women and Girls in Science »
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24 February 2023
NASA Awards Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Universities »
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24 February 2023
2023 Royal Astronomical Society Annie Maunder Medal »
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24 February 2023
NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Application Due Date Fast Approaching | March 1st 2023 »
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24 February 2023
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship Program »
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24 February 2023
UVEX Community Workshop: Synergies And New Opportunity »
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24 February 2023
Second SOFIA School »
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2 December 2022
Join the New Great Observatories Science Analysis Group »
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