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.
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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 ...

NASA’s Gateway Station: The Plan To Queue Spacecraft 240,000 Miles From Earth

NASA's Gateway lunar station will use a string-of-pearls spacecraft formation to safely manage multi-vehicle traffic in Moon ...

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 ...
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NASA captures powerful M6.9 solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot

NASA captured a powerful M6.9 solar flare erupting from an Earth-facing sunspot. An M6.9 flare is a strong eruption, far more ...

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 ...

Are we prepared for the fallout of finding life beyond Earth?

Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the ...

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 ...

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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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 ...
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Earth microbes could survive on the moon’s poles for weeks and NASA scientists are worried

The next astronauts to walk near the Moon’s south pole will bring drills, rovers, spacesuits—and an unavoidable piece of ...