NASA’s Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars

Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.

'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth

The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.
Discover Magazine

NASA's Roman Telescope Just Launched — What It Will Do On Its Journey From Earth, and Five Years Later

Now that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has finally launched, learn what will happen in the days, weeks, and months ...

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 ...

After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?

A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to ...

NASA-led study shows Earth microbes could survive on moon

New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some could survive for a time ...
Scientific American

This quirky spot in space is where NASA’s Roman Telescope will call home

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is headed toward a Lagrange point, a critical position in outer space where gravitational ...

NASA's Roman telescope is in space. But don't expect photos until 2027

Here's what to know about the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as well as what's next for NASA's latest ...

Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program

For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA has no firm plans to send any new landers or rovers to Mars. Instead, the ...
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The Black Knight satellite has supposedly watched Earth for 13,000 years — but is any of it real

The Black Knight conspiracy claims that a mysterious extraterrestrial satellite has been orbiting Earth for thousands of ...

Looking for Earth 2.0 in binary systems

While astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets over the last few decades, the true prize continues to elude them—they ...
Science Daily

NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out

NASA has brought two of Swift’s telescopes back online after technical problems derailed a commercial mission intended to ...