NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
Two mirrors, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, are set to change how…
NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe
“If we consider what the James Webb Space Telescope is doing, it’s optimized towards looking at the very…
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability seen on the Sun
The surface of the Sun has been photographed in more detail than ever before, and it turns out…
Rubin Observatory Begins Its 10-Year Survey of the Universe
Over the next ten years, a groundbreaking facility in northern Chile will capture a full view of the…
LA Astronomical Society to Mark 100 Years with 100 Telescopes at Griffith Park
The Los Angeles Astronomical Society’s celebration of its 100th anniversary Saturday at the Griffith Observatory will be highlighted…
Built in Greenbelt, NASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares to map the universe
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, is now complete after more than…
A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed
Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible…
This Telescope’s Final Data Release Just Killed 30 Cosmological Theories
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile spent nearly two decades studying how the universe began, what it’s…
The First Radio Signal From Comet 3I/Atlas Ends the Debate About Its Nature
More evidence has emerged to support the natural origin of comet 3I/Atlas. After several weeks of conspiracy theories,…
US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown
Notwithstanding major disruptions from the U.S. government shutdown, federal personnel are monitoring the rare interstellar comet known as…