This quirky spot in space is where NASA’s Roman Telescope will call home
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is headed toward a Lagrange point, a critical position in outer space where gravitational forces behave in specific ways
What’s next for NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope?
After a flawless launch, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries
NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to uncover the universe’s biggest mysteries
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to probe dark energy, hunt for distant worlds and transform our view of the universe
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think
The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets
Ten cosmic discoveries we’ll get from NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it’s likely to show us
NASA’s newest telescope is about to rewrite how we study the universe
Astronomers are lining up to leverage NASA’s soon-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which boasts capabilities unlike any previous off-world observatory
Bizarre ‘thermal anomaly’ may explain Mars’s two-faced appearance
The Red Planet’s global geography of low-lying northern plains and rugged southern highlands seems to have surprisingly deep roots, with profound implications for Mars’s ancient habitability
Can NASA’s Roman Space Telescope solve the biggest problem in the universe?
The more scientists try to understand dark energy, the more its mysteries seem to grow. NASA’s newest space telescope is custom-built to crack the case
China delays ambitious Chang’e 7 moon mission until 2027
The search for frozen water is crucial to both China’s and NASA’s plans to establish permanent moon bases
China is going back to the moon in search of water ice
The country’s latest mission, Chang’e 7, will be the first ever to land directly at the moon’s south pole. Whatever it finds there could radically reshape a new space race
NASA’s rescue mission for the Swift space telescope has failed
The space agency’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which studied cataclysmic cosmic explosions, is expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year
Some microbes could survive on the moon—that’s a big problem for NASA
Five common microorganisms found on Earth could survive at the lunar south pole, a new study finds, presenting a contamination risk for future human missions