The captured image is an early step toward releasing Roman’s first science pictures in early 2027.

From portable radars in shipping containers to orbital cameras, I asked scientists how the space-junk tracking industry plans ...

This is the next flagship space observatory.

After more than a decade of development, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched to space on Sunday. With its unprecedented field of view—100 times that of the Hubble Space Telescope—Roman ...

Space Science Week is the joint meeting of the Space Studies Board of the U.S. National Academies discipline committees in collaboration with the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Board on ...

Ghana and Japan are exploring deeper cooperation in space science, technology and innovation, with both countries highlighting the potential of international partnerships to support national ...

The International Space Station is a microgravity research lab hosting groundbreaking technology demonstrations and scientific investigations. More than 3,700 investigations conducted to date have ...

In June, the White House released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 that slashed funding for NASA’s science programs by nearly 50 percent. Then, in July, the Trump administration began telling ...

A new paradigm is taking shape in the space industry as the countries and entities accessing space continue to grow and diversify. This dynamic landscape creates both competition and potential for ...

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NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the first educator ...

The first appearance of a wormhole in Star Trek was a typically pioneering reference to what was then a niche research topic.