NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take a broad survey of space and use it to create a map of the universe.

SpaceX to launch NASA's newest space telescope Sunday. Watch live

A SpaceX rocket is due to propel NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into space following an Aug. 30 launch in Florida.

NASA’s giant space ‘starshade’ could help ground telescopes photograph another Earth

NASA researchers are developing a hybrid observatory that would pair a giant telescope on Earth with a 99-meter starshade ...

Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form

You may have heard the phrase “we are made of star-stuff.” This statement by the astronomer Carl Sagan refers to the fact ...
Phys.org

Future space telescopes could be made from thin membranes, unrolled in space to enormous size

Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn't obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so they can capture incredibly detailed images of the heavens. Unfortunately, they are quite ...
SpaceNews

TransAstra and Celestron to modify telescopes for spaceflight

SAN FRANCISCO – Trans Astronautica Corp. announced an agreement Sept. 27 with telescope manufacturer Celestron to develop a space-qualified version of the company’s Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph ...
Forbes

Decoding Quantum Origins Of The Universe With Next-Gen Telescopes

Imagine having a telescope that could see almost 14 billion years back in time to when the universe was just forming. There is a project underway called CMB-S4 that plans to build two next-generation ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

A gamma-ray signal from 8 billion light-years away has just rewritten what telescopes can see

Astronomers have detected the most distant very-high-energy blazar ever observed, capturing gamma rays that traveled nearly 8 billion light-years before reaching Earth. The discovery, reported in ...