NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous "spin test" designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces ...

"If we find them, it will shake up the field of theoretical physics." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Black hole week is in full ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of many galaxies. Missions like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes would ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now under construction, will test new technologies for space-based planet hunting. The mission aims to photograph worlds and dusty disks around nearby stars ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos as new research indicates it could detect a whopping 400 Earth-mass rogue planets. This study, a ...

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The test took place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the elevated gravity conditions of a space mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...