NASA tests deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘visor’

After a successful test deployment at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, clean room…

Astro Campers SCoPE Out New Worlds

Many students have enjoyed this camp from the beginning, and those who have participated annually have…

A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery

Illustration of a tidal disruption event Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive…

NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday,…

NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday,…

Hubble spotlights a supernova

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy LEDA 857074. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R.…

A ‘FURST’ of its Kind: Sounding Rocket Mission to Study Sun as a Star

By Jessica Barnett  From Earth, one might be tempted to view the Sun as a unique…

The powerful instruments that allow us to observe the cosmos

The Lagoon Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, STSCI Starting today, the Earth will be passing through a…

The International Space Station’s “window to the world”

The International Space Station’s “window to the world” is pictured from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.…

The International Space Station’s “window to the world”

The International Space Station’s “window to the world” is pictured from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.…