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NASA's newly launched Roman Space Telescope will 'directly' image exoplanets. But what does that mean?
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (649+ words) "When you look up at the night sky, most of those stars have planets." But while coronagraphs have been used many times before, the one that just launched toward the stars is unprecedented. "The Roman Space Telescope is carrying the…...
'Star Trek' imagined strange new worlds 60 years ago, but are real exoplanets even stranger?
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (521+ words) "To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!" September 8th, 1966 was a Thursday. Not a fresh-start-Monday or an exciting Saturday. A regular old Thursday; except that this…...
SpaceX rocket taxi returns after Roman Telescope launch | Space photo of the day for Sept. 8, 2026
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (286+ words) The Roman Space Telescope began its cosmic journey on Aug. 30. Then, its taxi returned to our planet. On Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket — then, after completing its job, the…...
Roman Space Telescope live updates: NASA begins spacecraft commissioning process
1+ week, 1+ day ago (341+ words) SpaceNASA Roman’s Planet Imager Has Powered On NASA Science (.gov)Opinion | Congressional Lawmakers Reach for the Stars WSJNASA’s latest mission to map the cosmos takes off The EconomistWhy it matters that President Trump just dialed in to a NASA news…...
Falcon Heavy brings the heat | Space photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026
1+ week, 3+ day ago (186+ words) 27 Merlin engines generate some serious thrust. Falcon Heavy sent Roman to a gravitationally stable parking spot known as Lagrange Point 2, located 1 million miles away (1.5 million kilometers) between Earth and Mars, where the gravitational pulls of the sun and Earth equal…...
'No guts, no glory': How I captured NASA's Roman Space Telescope cross the sun on a picture-perfect SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch
1+ week, 5+ day ago (443+ words) Space.com's Josh Dinner caught an amazing shot of NASA's Roman Space Telescope crossing the sun on a SpaceX rocket. But why was he at Hobby Lobby? CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Standing in the parking lot of the Titusville Hobby Lobby…...
Roman telescope leaves its rocket behind | Space photo of the day for Aug. 31, 2026
1+ week, 5+ day ago (199+ words) NASA caught a breathtaking image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope deploying into space shortly after launch. This image was captured just some 31 minutes after the Roman telescope took off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's…...
Trump celebrates launch of Roman Space Telescope, a mission he tried to cancel
1+ week, 6+ day ago (339+ words) "You're the hottest in space, and we have the hottest country anywhere in the world." CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —President Trump interrupted a NASA press conference today (Aug. 30) to congratulate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team on a successful launch....
'What a glorious dawn launch': Why the Roman Space Telescope's picture-perfect liftoff beyond Earth is such a big deal
1+ week, 6+ day ago (863+ words) "We're just about to set foot off into the unknown." CAPE CANAVAREL, Fla. — It was a bright and sunny morning here in Florida when the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off planet Earth against a magical blue sky. "What…...
SpaceX launches NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Falcon Heavy rocket (video)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (624+ words) The new Roman Space Telescope will take images of the universe so vast, there's not a 4K TV on Earth capable of showing it all, NASA has said. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new era of astronomy is about to begin after…...