NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST or Roman) will feature two primary instruments, a 300. 8-megapixel infrared Wide Field Instrument (WFI) and a Coronagraph designed for studying faint objects, when it launches in 2027.
The NASA Goddard team recently installed a vital subsystem for the space telescope's Wide Field Instrument.
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NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE, spacecraft captures images in all directions as it circles the Sun. Using all 18 sky maps it has taken thus far, scientists have created what they say is a timelapse movie of the sky that spans more than a decade. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-20 23:29
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team has translated some of the telescope's first photos into music. Called sonification, the goal is to make the JWST's image and data understandable through sound to help listeners create their own mental images. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-01 20:07
One of the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments was struck by a micrometeoroid and while it has been damaged, NASA says it's not cause for alarm and the telescope is still on schedule. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-13 19:03
NASA has announced that it will release the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12. There's even a countdown on the dedicated Webb Space Telescope website. dpreview.com »
2022-06-06 18:09
NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a fantastic image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571 using its Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The WFC3 captured separate exposures in the visible and ultraviolet regions of the spectrum and utilized several specialized filters. dpreview.com »
2022-03-28 19:05
Lead image: Artist's rendition of James Webb Space Telescope in space. Credit: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, NASA Animator NASA's James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on Christmas morning from Arianespace's ELA-3 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. dpreview.com »
2022-01-26 20:52
Lead image credit: NASA After more than a month in safe mode, NASA has announced that the Hubble Space Telescope has returned to full science operations. We reported on November 8 that Hubble was in safe mode following its second shutdown of the year. dpreview.com »
2021-12-08 17:52
Lead image credit: NASA US astronomers want a new space-based telescope to search for exoplanets, and perhaps the project can't come soon enough. The Hubble Space Telescope's scientific operations are on hold for the second time this year. dpreview.com »
2021-11-09 00:14
NASA has published a stunning image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows a 'three-way gravitational tug-of-war between interacting galaxies. ' The galaxies in the show are in system Arp 195, a system featured in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, a list of the 'weirder and more wonderful galaxies in the universe. dpreview.com »
2021-08-05 19:46
Credits: NASA, ESA, STScI To celebrate the 31st birthday of the Hubble space telescope NASA has released a stunning picture a giant star ‘waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction’. dpreview.com »
2021-04-29 23:25
The aging Hubble Space Telescope has produced a new full portrait image of Jupiter, our Solar System’s stormy gas giant. NASA shared the image earlier this month, though it was captured by the space telescope on June 27. dpreview.com »
2019-08-30 18:58
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope investigated a goliath galaxy, LEDA 1313424. Nicknamed the "Bullseye," this galaxy features nine rings, many more than any other known galaxy.
The megaphone-shaped SPHEREx space observatory may launch into space next month, ushering in a new era of cosmic exploration. These are the key things to know about SPHEREx and how it works. [Read More]
Through his fantastic images, Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio shows how photos can be breathtakingly beautiful when art meets science. One of Metsavainio's recent images, WR 134 as a Rising Phoenix, is a brilliant example of the aesthetic wonders of the cosmos and the extreme technical precision required to do astrophotography. [Read More]
A new study has found that the increasing number of Elon Musk-owned Starlink satellites in orbit is blocking scientists' ability to view the Universe. [Read More]
Nearly 10 months after its first successful test photos and six months after its first actual images, the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally released the first full-color science photos from its Euclid space telescope.
The truth, as they say, is out there. And one app is hellbent on getting to the bottom of UFOs by allowing users to upload their photos of unexplained aircraft. [Read More]