WFIRST is a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
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MAR 2017
Going to SXSW in 2017? Be sure to check out the WFIRST panel!
NOV 2016
Check out photos of the WFIRST hardware being built!
AUG 2016
The first WFIRST Exoplanet community data challenge is now open!
FEB 2016
WFIRST has entered Formulation. Press Release: "NASA Introduces New, Wider Set of Eyes on the Universe"
The WFIRST Mission
The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a NASA observatory designed to perform Wide Field imaging and surveys of the near infrared (NIR) sky. The current design of the mission makes use of an existing 2.4m telescope, which is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope. WFIRST is the top-ranked large space mission in the New Worlds, New Horizon Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The Wide Field Instrument will provide a field of view of the sky that is 100 times larger than images provided by HST. The coronagraph will enable astronomers to detect and measure properties of planets in other solar systems. Get more details about the WFIRST Mission →
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