'No guts, no glory': How I captured NASA's Roman Space Telescope cross the sun on a picture-perfect SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
'No guts, no glory': How I captured NASA's Roman Space Telescope cross the sun on a picture-perfect SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch

Space.com's Josh Dinner caught an amazing shot of NASA's Roman Space Telescope crossing the sun on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Here's how it...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
September 2026 Satellite Puzzler

Here’s the August 2026 puzzler. Quick, where is this? And what makes this place interesting or unique?

Source: NASA

NASA’s New 300-Megapixel Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches Into Space
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
NASA’s New 300-Megapixel Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches Into Space

NASA's cutting-edge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched this morning aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Flor...

Source: PetaPixel

SpaceX launches NASA’s newest crown-jewel telescope, which will look for ‘the weird, the rare and the unusual’ — including dark matter and energy
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
SpaceX launches NASA’s newest crown-jewel telescope, which will look for ‘the weird, the rare and the unusual’ — including dark matter and energy

“It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars.”

Source: Fortune

Nancy Grace Roman (1925–2018) was NASA’s first chief astronomer, its first female executive, the “Mother of Hubble,” and the woman who built its space-astronomy programme from scratch — yet she remained far less famous than the telescope she made possible
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Nancy Grace Roman (1925–2018) was NASA’s first chief astronomer, its first female executive, the “Mother of Hubble,” and the woman who built its space-astronomy programme from scratch — yet she remained far less famous than the telescope she made possible

NASA's first chief astronomer created its space-astronomy programme, helped turn Hubble into a real mission and now has a newly launched observat...

Source: Space Daily

NASA launches $4B Roman astronomical observatory to explore depths of space
NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA launches $4B Roman astronomical observatory to explore depths of space

NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. space agency'...

Source: CBC News

Space Exploration 1 week ago
Martian Astronomy: Percy Sees a ‘Phobos Eclipse’ From Mars

Sure. It’s just another image of Phobos crossing the disk of the Sun, as seen from the surface of Mars. Like so much of the modern space era, these im...

Source: Universe Today

What's next for Roman Space Telescope? Here's how NASA's flagship observatory will open up the universe
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
What's next for Roman Space Telescope? Here's how NASA's flagship observatory will open up the universe

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has left Earth, but it'll be a while before it starts its highly anticipated science mission. Here ...

Source: Space.com

India, Uzbekistan to partner on safe AI systems, outer space exploration, and IT parks
Space Exploration 1 week ago
India, Uzbekistan to partner on safe AI systems, outer space exploration, and IT parks

India and Uzbekistan will expand strategic cooperation in digital technology and AI. They will also enhance collaboration in outer space exploration a...

Source: The Times of India

India, Uzbekistan step up strategic ties, seal long-term Uranium deal
Space Exploration 1 week ago
India, Uzbekistan step up strategic ties, seal long-term Uranium deal

India and Uzbekistan will expand strategic cooperation in digital technology and AI. They will also enhance collaboration in outer space exploration a...

Source: The Times of India

NASA launches first telescope named after female scientist
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
NASA launches first telescope named after female scientist

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, will observe black holes, exoplanets and exploding stars.

Source: DW (English)

Is SpaceX Stock a Buy After Its First Earnings Report?
Space Technology 1 week ago
Is SpaceX Stock a Buy After Its First Earnings Report?

For years, investors could only guess how much money Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) was making. Now, they finally have an answer. Space...

Source: Biztoc.com

What's Going on with SpaceX Stock?
Space Technology 1 week ago
What's Going on with SpaceX Stock?

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) stock has been on a wild ride. After debuting at $135 a share, it surged to roughly $225 before falling ...

Source: Biztoc.com

Trump surprises NASA officials with call after Roman Space Telescope launch
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Trump surprises NASA officials with call after Roman Space Telescope launch

Trump dialed into a NASA press conference after the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Florida.

Source: Fox News

NASA launches $4.3bn Roman Telescope to uncover universe’s hidden secrets
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
NASA launches $4.3bn Roman Telescope to uncover universe’s hidden secrets

SpaceX Falcon Heavy propels telescope on cosmic quest to investigate dark energy and matter.

Source: Al Jazeera English

Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX fires up Starship's 33-Engine Super Heavy booster ahead of flight 14 [1:03]

SpaceX conducted a full-duration static fire test of Starship's 33-engine Super Heavy booster at Starbase, Texas on Aug. 28, 2026, as part of pre...

Source: Freerepublic.com

NASA's Roman telescope sets off on cosmic mapping mission
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
NASA's Roman telescope sets off on cosmic mapping mission

NASA has begun a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch of the US space agency's new fl...

Source: RTE

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
What Can Happen When a Rapidly Spinning Star Meets a Black Hole?

Astrophysicists at Syracuse University in New York think they've found a hitherto-hidden explanation for strange activity during so-called repeat...

Source: Universe Today

Roman telescope leaves its rocket behind | Space photo of the day for Aug. 31, 2026
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Roman telescope leaves its rocket behind | Space photo of the day for Aug. 31, 2026

NASA caught a breathtaking image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope deploying into space shortly after launch.

Source: Space.com

On this day in space! Aug. 31, 1965: NASA's ginormous Super Guppy carrier plane takes 1st flight like a flying whale
NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
On this day in space! Aug. 31, 1965: NASA's ginormous Super Guppy carrier plane takes 1st flight like a flying whale

On August 31, 1965, NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. like a flying whale. Here's why it mattered for the space age...

Source: Space.com