Project News

NASA’s Roman Mission Completes Key Optical Components

Roman • December 5th, 2022

Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above)...

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions

Roman • November 3rd, 2022

What happens when the densest, most massive stars – that are also super small – collide? They send out brilliant explosions known as kilonovae. Think of these events as the...

The Roman Space Telescope Interactive View

Roman • August 4th, 2022

View the telescope from every angle, check the completion status, and discover where the pieces are being built.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

Roman • July 19th, 2022

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the...

Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

Roman • June 27th, 2022

In the American Wild West, high noon was a time for duels and showdowns. When it comes to the history of the universe, cosmic noon featured fireworks of a different sort. Some 2...

NASA Telescope to Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup

Roman • June 14th, 2022

Stellar streams look like ethereal strands of hair extending outward from some galaxies, peacefully drifting through space as part of the halo – a spherical region surrounding a...

The Roman Space Observer Game

Roman • June 10th, 2022

You have been given observation time on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! How many astrophysical objects can you catch? The goal for this game is to inform and inspire...

NASA’s Roman Mission Will Test Competing Cosmic Acceleration Theories

Roman • March 22nd, 2022

A team of scientists has predicted the science return from one of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s groundbreaking planned surveys, which will analyze millions of...

How NASA’s Roman Could Help Find Other Earths by Surveying Space Dust

Roman • March 16th, 2022

A team of scientists found NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to measure a specific kind of space dust littered throughout dozens of nearby planetary systems’...

NASA’s Roman Mission Could Snap First Image of a Jupiter-Like World

Roman • February 24th, 2022

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...