2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (380+ words) A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (918+ words) PARIS -- Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continent’s ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States. The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (431+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight. NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (525+ words) A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures But the three-armed robotic salvager had to turn away because of low fuel,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (408+ words) Two Mercury-bound spacecraft are in the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the solar…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (403+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn’s south pole. The spinning, meandering decagon appears to be even bigger and more unstable than the hexagon of clouds around Saturn’s north…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos NASA launches powerful new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Sunday morning in Florida. The telescope has about the same sensitivity and sharpness as Hubble…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (686+ words) NASA’s newest space telescope has blasted off on a quest to find planets around other stars and explore the hidden universe CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (205+ words) NASA's new space telescope and the woman it honors ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos NASA's new space telescope and the woman it honors The space agency's head of science, Nicky Fox, explains how the Nancy Grace Roman…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (953+ words) The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on Sunday in Florida. Growing up, Nancy Grace Roman was told that "women could not be scientists." She didn't listen. Roman went on to earn a doctorate in astronomy at…...