Nancy Grace Roman Will be Launching on a Falcon Heavy Rocket
NASA has announced that SpaceX will be launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2026!
Gamma-ray Bursts can Help Astronomers Measure Vast Distances Across the Universe
Some gamma ray bursts could be used as standard candles and allow astronomers to measure Hubble's constant at greater distances…
SLS Launch Date, Falcon Heavy Gets Flagship NASA Telescope, Dormant Black Hole
SLS finally gets a launch date for Artemis I, JWST keeps giving the goodness, Percy finds another weird thing on…
NASA Wants Your Help Designing a Starshade to Observe Exoplanets
NASA is seeking the public's input for a Starshade that will allow ground-based telescopes to Directly Image exoplanets!
Astronomers Have a New Way to Find Exoplanets in Cataclysmic Binary Systems
Have you heard of LU Camelopardalis, QZ Serpentis, V1007 Herculis and BK Lyncis? No, they're not members of a boy…
JWST Sees the Most Distant Galaxy Ever, Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang
By now, almost everyone has seen the first-release images from JWST and marveled at these amazing views of the infrared…
Japanese Researchers Show how Microgravity Affects Astronauts’ Muscles and Nerves
A new study by a Japanese research team shows that long term exposure to microgravity not only affect muscles and…
Gravitational Wave Telescopes Could Detect Clumps of Dark Matter Drifting Through the Solar System
Attempts to directly detect dark matter have come up empty. A team of physicists have proposed a brand new method:…
Here’s M74 Like You’ve Never Seen it Before, Thanks to Judy Schmidt and JWST
The JWST is grabbing headlines and eyeballs as its mission gains momentum. The telescope recently imaged M74 (NGC 628) with…
An Ambitious Plan to Find Earth 2.0
When it comes to astronomy, the more instruments watching the sky, the better. Which is why it has been so…