3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (182+ words) Josh Dinner is Space.com's Spaceflight Staff Writer. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's Artemis program and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (349+ words) "Instead of confirming the standard model of cosmology, which assumes dark energy is fixed and unchanging, we have more evidence that dark energy may change over time." A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after…...

4+ day, 4+ 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…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (385+ words) Boardman's image represents a turbulent chapter in the life of the colossal Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163), which, visible as a blue point of light at the center of the image, is expected to end its life in a dramatic supernova…...

5+ day, 8+ 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…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (302+ words) "Astronomy is not just science or spirit; it's both at the same time." It is nearly impossible to fathom the entirety of a single galaxy — these realms can span hundreds of thousands of light-years, and sometimes are even millions of…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (558+ words) 20% off at Amazon, the Celestron FirstScope is the telescope I grab for quick stargazing sessions and it's ideal for beginners and kids too. I've got three telescopes in my home, but the Celestron FirstScope is my first stop when it…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (192+ words) "Land in the wrong place and you can lose an entire exploration program or a company, and nobody has enough money to keep sending spacecraft and hoping for the best." Nearby Earth, an iconic series of orbiting U.S. government satellites called…...

1+ week, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of…...