'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.

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.

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 ...

In 1995, Nasa sent 30 fertilised Japanese quail eggs to the Mir space station for 16 days; abnormalities developed in more than four times as many embryos as compar…

In 1995, a batch of fertilised Japanese quail eggs travelled from Earth to space station ‘Mir’ as part of an experiment ...

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 ...

The ISS won't be around forever. Here's how to see it from Earth

While you wait for the launch of the Crew-13 astronauts to the International Space Station, here's how you can spot the ...
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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 ...

Earth's Protective Shield May Have Disappeared Millions of Years Ago, NASA Study Finds

NASA-funded research suggests dense interstellar clouds may have compressed the heliosphere inside Earth's orbit millions of ...

Investing in America: NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on first steps for ‘moon base’

The moon base, Isaacman said, will help NASA learn how to live away from Earth, and possibly later to Mars and other planets.

NASA awards Blue Origin contract for Mars communications network

NASA has awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to about $700 million to build a new communications network around Mars.

NASA Bets $700 Million On Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin For Mars Missions

NASA selects Blue Origin for a $700M Mars Telecommunications Network contract, aiming to boost communications and navigation ...