NASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration designed and built…
When a new space telescope is launched, it’s designed to address specific issues in astronomy and provide critical answers to important questions. The JWST was built with four overarching science…
The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared camera that will allow scientists to perform revolutionary astrophysics surveys.…
The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the “Moonhouse,” a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.
The latest SpaceX rideshare mission Jan. 14 deployed satellites ranging from dozens of imaging satellites to reentry vehicles, tugs and even a “selfie sat.” The post SpaceX launches 131 payloads…
I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen the Ring Nebula. It’s a favourite amongst stargazers around the globe and is surely one of the most well…
Loft Orbital has raised $170 million to expand manufacturing facilities and streamline operations with more artificial intelligence. The post Loft Orbital raises $170 million to expand space infrastructure service appeared…
NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.
The company’s W-2 capsule launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 rideshare mission The post Varda’s second mission launches with U.S. Air Force payload appeared first on SpaceNews.
The Rubin Observatory will eventually hold the world’s largest digital camera. It’s therefore a good sign it has aced its first image test.
