The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Could Study Dying Planets
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Could Study Dying Planets
NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
Technicians move the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II test flight out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center…
SPHEREx Starts Scanning Entire Sky
NASA/JPL-Caltech A soot-like cloud is revealed in a section of the sky in this May 1, 2025, image from NASA’S SPHEREx space observatory. On May 1, SPHEREx began regular science…
Webb Watches Dramatic Weather Changes on a Pair of Nearby Brown Dwarfs
When astronomers want to understand brown dwarfs, they often turn to WISE 1049AB. It’s a benchmark brown dwarf in astronomy, and the closest and brightest brown dwarf we know of.…
Free Floating Binary Planets Can’t Last Long
The JWST continues to live up to its promise by revealing things hidden from other telescopes. One of its lesser-known observations concerns Free-Floating Planets (FFP). FFPs have no gravitational tether…
SPHEREx is Now Mapping the Entire Sky
A new space mission is open for business. Last week, we got a look at science images from NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Re-ionization,…
African Space Agency takes flight
On 20 April, 2025, the African Space Agency (AfSA) was formally launched at an inauguration ceremony in Cairo, Egypt. The decision to create AfSA was made by the African Union…
NASA budget proposal draws strong criticism
The White House’s proposal to cut NASA’s budget by nearly 25% and cancel several major programs has drawn criticism from industry and members of Congress, while raising concerns among international…
New Horizons Helps Map the Hot Clouds of Interstellar Gas All Around the Solar System
New Horizons’ primary mission is complete. It’s already completed its pass through the Pluto system and even stopped by 486958 Arrokoth, a Kuiper belt object on its way out of…
Pentagon’s hypersonic milestone: Stratolaunch reusable vehicle breaks Mach 5
Launched from Roc, Stratolaunch’s massive carrier aircraft boasting a record-breaking 385-foot wingspan, the Talon-A2 drone was released over the Pacific Ocean. The post Pentagon’s hypersonic milestone: Stratolaunch reusable vehicle breaks…