A new NASA mission plan could capture light no space telescope now sees

NASA will move ahead with a new space telescope to see the cold, dusty universe far more sharply than any before it, chasing ...

How NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way

Look up at the night sky with the naked eye and it may seem like it rarely changes. Yet the universe is in constant flux.

James Webb Space Telescope's amazing view of most distant star

Take a journey to the James Webb Space Telescope's stunning view of giant galaxy cluster WHL0137-08. Credit: Space.com | zoom ...
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NASA’s new space telescope sends back its first images, and the stars look like blurry green rings

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on its way to Lagrange point L2, and it has already sent back its first pictures.

NASA’s New $4 Billion Space Telescope Just Saw Starlight for the First Time. Here’s What It Saw

Roman joins Hubble and Webb as humanity’s eyes in space. The road to launch was long and arduous, but NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope finally got to space in late August. While Roman is still on ...

With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time

The first in a new class of space telescopes is on track to reach the launch pad in the early 2030s, NASA announced this week ...

Testing tiny telescope robots reveals design changes that could improve galaxy maps

Astronomers have cataloged billions of stars and hundreds of billions of galaxies. We have found thousands of planets ...

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 astronomical observatory.
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Private spacecraft returns home after its attempt to rescue an aging NASA telescope does not work

The private spacecraft sent to help an aging NASA telescope has begun its return to Earth after the rescue attempt failed.

The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations

At launch, the fully fueled Roman observatory weighed 20,224 pounds (9,173.5 kilograms), still a half-ton below its weight limit, a NASA spokesperson told Ars. In addition to the extra fuel, Roman’s ...
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NASA’s Roman telescope just opened its planet-hunting eye

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has demonstrated remarkable pointing stability and given its powerful planet-imaging coronagraph its first look at the cosmos. The telescope can already stay locked on a ...

Why was the patent application for the telescope rejected?

October 2nd is also known as "Telescope Day."On this day in 1608, Dutch spectacle maker Hans Lippershey applied for a patent ...