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Illustration of the Wide Field Instrument and Coronagraph Instrument aboard NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: A New Era Begins with Commissioning in September 2026

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins its mission with the activation of its 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument and successful co...

Sep 18, 2026 3 min read

Webb infrared view of the edge-on protoplanetary disk HH 30, with a dark dust lane and jets of gas launched above and below the disk.

A Race Against Time: JWST Clocks How Planet-Forming Disks Lose Their Gas

A JWST/MIRI survey of 72 young Sun-like stars traces how protoplanetary disks shed their gas - from magnetically driven molecular winds and...

Aug 28, 2026 5 min read

Close-up view of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's primary mirror inside its housing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Prepares for August 2026 Falcon Heavy Launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is being prepared for its August 2026 launch aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, marking a significant mi...

Jun 08, 2026 3 min read

A massive galaxy cluster with thousands of galaxies visible against the deep-space background, the kind of wide-field cosmology target Roman is built to survey.

The Roman Space Telescope: NASA's Next Flagship Survey Mission

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope shares the same 2.4-meter mirror as Hubble - but with a field of view roughly 100 times larger. Here's...

May 07, 2026 6 min read

JWST and Hubble: Complementary Tools in Space Exploration

JWST and Hubble: Complementary Tools in Space Exploration

Explore how the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble complement each other in observing the universe, focusing on their unique wavelength c...

May 07, 2026 3 min read

JWST Detects Methane and CO2 in K2-18b Atmosphere

JWST Detects Methane and CO2 in K2-18b Atmosphere: Implications for Extraterrestrial Life

Discover how the James Webb Space Telescope's detection of methane and carbon dioxide in K2-18b's atmosphere advances the search for life be...

May 07, 2026 4 min read

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