Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

New Images From Euclid Mission Reveal Wide View of the Dark Universe – NASA

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New Images From Euclid Mission Reveal Wide View of the Dark Universe – NASA

With NASA contributions, the mission will complement dark energy studies to be made by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Euclid mission, led by ESA (the European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA, has released five new images that showcase the space telescope’s ability to explore two large-scale cosmic mysteries: dark matter … Read more

Ken Carpenter: Ensuring Top-Tier Science from Moon to Stars – NASA

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Ken Carpenter: Ensuring Top-Tier Science from Moon to Stars – NASA

Today, Ken Carpenter is a scientist for NASA’s Hubble and Roman space telescopes, but in 1967 he was just a teenager at his local library out to fact-check a “Star Trek” episode. Name: Kenneth G. CarpenterTitle: Operations Project Scientist for Hubble Space Telescope; Ground System Scientist for Roman Space Telescope; and a NASA Innovative Advanced … Read more

How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes – NASA

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How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes – NASA

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun’s mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of “featherweight” black holes that has so far eluded detection. Today, black holes form either when a massive star collapses … Read more

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test – NASA

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Eyes’ Pass First Vision Test – NASA

Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman’s science instruments extremely precisely. This will yield crisp images of space once the observatory launches. “This … Read more

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars – NASA

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How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars – NASA

Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady nuclear fusion, or the mature phase of its life, it changes little for billions of years. One exception to that rule is the … Read more

NASA’s Roman Team Selects Survey to Map Our Galaxy’s Far Side – NASA

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NASA’s Roman Team Selects Survey to Map Our Galaxy’s Far Side – NASA

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has announced plans for an unprecedented survey of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. It will peer deeper into this region than any other survey, mapping more of our galaxy’s stars than all previous observations combined. “There’s a really broad range of science we can explore with … Read more

NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test – NASA

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NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test – NASA

A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by 2027. The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will demonstrate new technologies that could vastly increase the number of planets outside our solar system … Read more

NASA's Roman to Search for Signs of Dark Matter Clumps – NASA

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NASA's Roman to Search for Signs of Dark Matter Clumps – NASA

Some of the finest, smallest details in the universe – the gaps between elongated groups of stars – may soon help astronomers reveal dark matter in greater detail than ever before. After NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, by May 2027, researchers will use its images to explore what exists between looping tendrils of stars that are pulled … Read more

Joshua Schlieder: Feet on the Ground, Head in the Stars – NASA

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Joshua Schlieder: Feet on the Ground, Head in the Stars – NASA

Goddard astrophysicist Dr. Joshua Schlieder supports NASA’s Roman Space Telescope and Swift Observatory with creativity, community, and curiosity. Name: Joshua Schlieder Title: Wide Field Instrument Scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Operations Project Scientist for the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Formal Job Classification: Research Astrophysicist Organization: Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets Laboratory, Astrophysics … Read more

Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb – NASA

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Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb – NASA

The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. On Dec. 25, NASA will celebrate the two-year launch anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope – the largest and most powerful space observatory in history. The clarity … Read more