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An 18-year-old high school student from California discovered over 1.5 million unknown space objects by building an algorithm to analyze retired NASA telescope data. His breakthrough won him $250,000 and publication in a major astronomy journal.
A NASA program showed teachers how to teach astronomy while respecting the sacred meaning mountaintop observatories hold for Native Hawaiian and Tohono O'odham communities. Over 10 years, 780 teachers learned to frame science as a human story shaped by many cultures.
A high school student used machine learning to discover 1.5 million previously unknown variable objects hidden in NASA's archives. Matteo Paz turned a summer project into a groundbreaking contribution to astronomy.
A groundbreaking space rescue mission launching this week could extend the life of a beloved astronomy satellite and pave the way for saving other observatories, including Hubble. NASA is sending a robotic spacecraft to boost the Swift Observatory back to safety before it falls from the sky.
NASA has finished building its next major space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and it's on track to launch this fall. The powerful new telescope will help scientists understand how galaxies, stars, and distant planets form and evolve.
NASA's next great space observatory has finished assembly and is heading toward a late 2026 launch. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will scan the universe at an unprecedented scale, hunting for thousands of new planets and unlocking mysteries about dark energy.
A high school senior analyzed years-old NASA telescope data and discovered where more Earth-like planets might still be hiding. Her work proves that groundbreaking science doesn't always require new technology, just fresh eyes on what's already there.
A NASA network engineer photographed a nebula 2,000 light-years away from his backyard just 9 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, proving light pollution can't stop dedicated stargazers. His 27-hour project reveals breathtaking detail of a stellar nursery where new stars are born.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching as early as next month, will use groundbreaking mirror technology to photograph distant planets similar to those in our solar system for the first time. The innovation could be the critical stepping stone toward discovering Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch this fall to photograph hundreds of millions of galaxies and unlock the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. The mission will create the most detailed map of the cosmos ever made, covering 12% of the sky in just 18 months.
NASA just completed its next great space telescope eight months ahead of schedule and under budget, ready to scan the universe 1,000 times faster than Hubble. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches September 2026 to capture cosmic views we've never seen before.
New Yorkers can stargaze with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope experts on the High Line this July, completely free. The special event combines cutting-edge space science with breathtaking views of Venus, sunspots, and distant stars visible above the city.
NASA is developing a massive orbiting sunshade that teams up with ground telescopes to photograph planets like Earth around distant stars. The breakthrough could finally let us detect signs of life beyond our solar system.
A 22-year-old space telescope that's discovered countless cosmic explosions is falling back to Earth, but NASA just tested the rescue spacecraft that could save it. The mission has only months to succeed before the beloved observatory burns up in the atmosphere.
Volunteers with home telescopes are teaming up with NASA astronauts to document meteoroids crashing into the Moon, capturing flashes of light that reveal secrets about lunar impacts. Your backyard telescope could help scientists understand what's happening beneath the Moon's surface.
After more than a decade and millions of hours of work, NASA engineers in Greenbelt, Maryland have completed a revolutionary space telescope that will scan the cosmos 100 times faster than Hubble. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches this September to unlock mysteries of dark energy and discover thousands of new planets.
The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope nearly died a dozen times over 25 years of budget battles and engineering nightmares. Now it's delivering groundbreaking discoveries across every field of astronomy.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is launching in August 2026, nine months ahead of schedule, ready to capture cosmic images 100 times wider than Hubble's view. The mission will hunt for planets around distant stars and unlock mysteries about invisible forces shaping our universe.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is heading to Florida for launch this September, eight months ahead of schedule. The observatory will map huge sections of the universe at once, revealing the invisible forces shaping our cosmos.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches this year with 100 times Hubble's field of view, ready to examine a billion galaxies and complete our census of planets beyond our solar system. The mission represents a giant leap in humanity's quest to understand our universe and search for habitable worlds.
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