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NASA launches powerful new Roman Space Telescope from Florida

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity at vast scales and searching for exoplanets.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity at vast scales and searching for exoplanets.

NASA’s Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission

The new telescope will shed light on two of the biggest mysteries in physics: dark matter and dark energy.
The new telescope will shed light on two of the biggest mysteries in physics: dark matter and dark energy.

US officials backpedal on claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targets

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate and more

Domains used by two hacking platforms were seized. The platforms were allegedly run by a China-based firm whose clients included China’s civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security and its military, the People’s Liberation Army. 
Domains used by two hacking platforms were seized. The platforms were allegedly run by a China-based firm whose clients included China’s civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security and its military, the People’s Liberation Army. 

NASA’s $5b ‘cosmic eye’ takes aim at the universe’s darkest secrets

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to map two billion galaxies in a year.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to map two billion galaxies in a year.

Trump pledges ‘golden age’ of space travel

NASA is already pushing to create a lunar surface base and plans to use robotic vehicles to build infrastructure that future human explorers to the Moon could eventually make use of.
NASA is already pushing to create a lunar surface base and plans to use robotic vehicles to build infrastructure that future human explorers to the Moon could eventually make use of.

Rescue mission for aging NASA space telescope fails

A spacecraft built by space startup Katalyst Space that will tow NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a higher orbit awaits encapsulation aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, U.S. June 8, 2026. REUTERS/NASA/Ron Beard
A spacecraft built by space startup Katalyst Space that will tow NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a higher orbit awaits encapsulation aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, U.S. June 8, 2026. REUTERS/NASA/Ron Beard

Spain darkens as solar eclipse races south from Arctic

New space object ‘black hole star’ discovered by astronomers

Major NASA site in Spain hit by wildfire

Spain declared a national emergency in the Madrid region on July 23 in the wake of several wildfires burning out of control.
Spain declared a national emergency in the Madrid region on July 23 in the wake of several wildfires burning out of control.

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