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Scientists Decode the Unusual Weather of a Planet 20 Light-Years From Earth

JWST observations reveal that the changing atmosphere of brown dwarf SIMP 0136 may be governed by just a few underlying processes. A world 20 light-years from Earth appears to have...

The universal language of space is... Star Trek? Mais oui.

"Science fiction imagines the future. We build it."

SpaceX Dragon Delivers Groundbreaking Science and Solar Arrays to ISS

SpaceX has delivered tiny brain models, 3D heart tissue, and artificial retina technology to the space station in a mission that could open new doors for medical research on Earth....

Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It.

The intricate, 5.6 trillion-pixel map covers approximately 75 percent of the sky and includes about 4 billion celestial objects.

Whether Chemistry or the Cosmos, Always Looking at the Bigger Picture

The Times’s Science section is introducing new columns, projects and more as part of its online relaunch.

Space, Man. How Can You Even Comprehend It?

I Toured the Company Mapping Space Debris. Then I Polled Worried and Hopeful Scientists

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

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches to space

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars

NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe

The observatory will also study exoplanets, black holes and map billions of galaxies The post NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe ap...

New Research Reveals How Long Stays in Space Affects the Human Genome

A new study in Science Advances addresses the pressing questions about how long-duration exposure to microgravity affects the human genome.

Telescope equipped with German technology launched into space

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is to explore dark matter, among other things. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg is playing an important role.

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope, set to probe universe with JPL tech, launches on SpaceX rocket

The $4.3-billion observatory will aid the search for "Earth twins" and explore the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

The Times’s New Space Editor Has Her Eye on the Cosmos

On the Science desk, Victoria Jaggard spends her days pondering the universe’s most pressing mysteries.

NASA Sends Brain and Heart Tissue Models to the ISS in Latest Resupply Mission 

Learn about the experiments that have been delivered to the International Space Station, including projects that may advance brain and heart health. 

NASA’s Powerful New Space Telescope, Just Cleared for Launch, Was Developed by an Intelligence Agency to “Spy on America...

"What what do you guys think about instead of pointing downwards, we point upwards, and you guys use it?" The post NASA’s Powerful New Space Telescope, Just Cleared for Launch, Was...

Mirror donated by spies, Red Fort-sized photos: Why Nasa's new telescope is special

NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman telescope, a cutting-edge space observatory equipped with mirrors provided by the National Reconnaissance Office. Unlike Hubble...

NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore dark energy and distant worlds

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to probe dark energy, hunt for distant worlds and transform our view of the universe

Spy to space: The science behind NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

As NASA prepares to launch its new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope this weekend, Rochester Institute of Technology’s Prof Don Figer examines the telescope’s purpose and its origi...

New Space Telescope is 200X Better Than Hubble – Maybe Find 30X Exoplanets From 6000 now to 200,000

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, which astronomers will use to explore everything from dark energy and dark matter to distant planets...

NASA's SpaceX CRS-35 mission to launch health research

NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's 35th Commercial Resupply Services mis...

NASA’s newest telescope to explore hidden universe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. Spac...

Galileo, Copernicus, Cleansky, IRISВІ must work together to secure Europe's place in the space race

"Seeing the Earth from above is a powerful reminder of our interdependence," said Thomas Pesquet. The words of France's 10th astronaut to head into space are a reminder of how we a...

NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA’s newest space telescope has blasted off on a quest to find planets around other stars and explore the hidden universe