How NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope compares with Hubble and Webb

“It’s not just that we have a field of view that’s much larger than Hubble and Webb,” Julie McEnery, an astrophysicist at ...

NASA prepares to launch next-generation Roman Space Telescope

NASA is preparing to launch its next major flagship observatory. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeted for ...
University of California

Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

NASA’s groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe, are facing unprecedented threats. The White House has ...

Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control room

Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a ...
Science Mission Directorate

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program ...
Phys.org

New NASA Earth missions gear up to start science flights

NASA’s 777 aircraft is gearing up to start science flights. Structural modifications – like enlarged cabin windows and instrument portals – have transformed the former passenger plane into a ...
SpaceNews

NASA emphasizes smallsats for science amid budget uncertainty

SALT LAKE CITY –The head of NASA’s science directorate said the agency remains committed to using small satellites to carry out a variety of missions, although those plans face uncertain budgets.

NASA’s giant space ‘starshade’ could help ground telescopes photograph another Earth

NASA researchers are developing a hybrid observatory that would pair a giant telescope on Earth with a 99-meter starshade ...
Phys.org

NASA science flights venture to improve severe winter weather warnings

A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature-Resolving and Tropopause Uncertainty ...