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NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy.Credits: NASA

Amendment 72: D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities Final Text and Due Dates.

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D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities solicits proposals to work on preparation for the operational…

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Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet

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The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only…

Article3 weeks ago

Artist's concept shows a full disk of imagined planet Vulcan, predominantly light brown with patches of gray-green, against the black background of space.

Discovery Alert: Spock’s Home Planet Goes ‘Poof’

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The discovery A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet,…

Article7 months ago

Space scene of a thin atmosphere version of Gliese 12 b

NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus

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Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered…

Article7 months ago