NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will begin its revolutionary mission in September
Ahead of schedule and under budget, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in early September. The mission aims to map the universe in unprecedented detail
The solar system’s first solids formed in a rush
Rather than slowly condensing over millions of years, the first building blocks of Earth and other planets may have formed rapidly in a chaotic disk at the dawn of the solar system
Earth Day in the Artemis era: Can NASA’s moon missions spur a new environmental movement?
Fresh takes on Apollo’s famous “Earthrise” and “Blue Marble” images showed off our planet’s beauty just weeks before Earth Day
What if time were reversed? Physicists show how time could flow backward on a quantum scale
Researchers have developed a way to flip time to move backward in a quantum system. This level of control could lead to bizarre real-world applications
Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values
More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”
NASA just dropped a stunning new Hubble image of a ‘Cosmic Sea Lemon’ 5,000 light-years away
The Hubble Space Telescope turns 36 this year. And to celebrate, it released an incredible new image of the Trifid Nebula
FBI investigating possible links between deaths and disappearances of at least 10 scientists
This announcement from the FBI came after President Donald Trump highlighted the recent deaths of several scientists and government workers who may have had access to sensitive information
NASA’s 2028 moonshot may be delayed because of lack of space suits, watchdog report warns
NASA needs new space suits to land astronauts on the moon by 2028, but development is behind and in danger of slipping further, according to a report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General
Astronauts’ brains don’t fully adapt to moving in microgravity, new study finds
New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy as or heavier than they would on Earth, a finding that could help future space exploration
NASA shuts down one of Voyager 1’s instruments to try keep the spacecraft alive
This iconic spacecraft launched nearly 49 years ago and is running perilously low on power
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
This year’s winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions
The Lyrid meteor shower is peaking now
The Lyrid meteor shower is peaking from April 21 to April 22. Here’s how to spot this annual celestial light show