Richmond Times-Dispatch

Suspected second-generation planet solves Hubble cold case for NASA

Scientists studying a distant white dwarf star say the star may host a second-generation planet formed from cast-off material ...
New Scientist

The telescope that could reveal what dark matter and dark energy are

The Roman telescope is NASA’s newest space observatory. Every 10 months, it will get the equivalent of about 1000 years' worth of Hubble observations. Will it find the answers to our questions about ...

Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system

Astronomers say they have have detected a radio emission from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet 63 light-years from Earth, ...
Tech Times

Hubble Reveals NGC 4698: Spiral Galaxy Whose Core Spins at Right Angles

NASA and ESA released a Hubble image in September 2026 showing the inner core of this Virgo Cluster spiral rotates at a ...

How NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way

From supernovae in distant galaxies to the packed centre of the Milky Way, the new Roman telescope will help us see and ...

NASA’s Roman Telescope Opens Its 300-Megapixel Eye on the Universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully powered up its 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument, a massive ...
The Salina Post

K-State, NASA highlight satellite technology for farms at Flickner Innovation Farm

Scientists and officials from NASA stopped by the Flickner Innovation Farm in late August to check in on the progress of a partnership that is helping to shape the future of space-based tools for ...
Mashable

Scientists want to know what this distant galaxy ate to make it so weird

The Hubble Space Telescope homes in on a spiral galaxy that spins two directions. Credit: ESA / NASA / D. Thilker / MAUVE-HST Team A galaxy 55 million light-years away in space spins in two directions ...
Scientific American magazine

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope glimpses its first cosmic light

Say cheese, universe. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has caught its first glimpses of cosmic light—a major step on the road to beaming back unprecedented images and data about our galaxy and ...
starlust

Astrophotographer shares incredible ‘deep field’ image featuring a supernova discovered two weeks ago

True to his promise made a few days ago, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has released a deep-field image of a spiral galaxy that is under the spotlight for its brand-new supernova. On X, McCarthy ...

NASA’s New $4 Billion Space Telescope Just Saw Starlight for the First Time. Here’s What It Saw

Roman joins Hubble and Webb as humanity’s eyes in space. The road to launch was long and arduous, but NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope finally got to space in late August. While Roman is still on ...
Tech Times

NASA Roman Telescope Confirms 22-Year Science Life After First Burn Used Just 9% of Fuel

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will now operate for at least 22 years of science -- more than double its 10-year design life -- after its first mid-course correction burn used just 9% of budgeted ...