NASA’s Roman Observatory Passes Final Major Prelaunch Tests
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team recently blasted the observatory with extreme sound, shook it, and listened…
Physicists propose a new way to spot supermassive black hole pairs
Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide,…
Space telescopes at light speed
Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The…
Journey to Center of Milky Way With Upcoming NASA Roman Core Survey
At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black…
Essay: From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
GRANT TREMBLAY, of the Smithsonian Institution, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed
Over the course of several hours, technicians meticulously connected the inner and outer segments of NASA’s Nancy Grace…
NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction
NASA’s next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner…
NASA’s Roman Observatory Passes Spate of Key Tests
NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This…
NASA installs an extremely powerful sunshield with 427º-F difference in temperature
NASA engineers installing the sunshield on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Image source: NASA and Sophia Roberts)…