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Trump's proposed NASA budget would cancel NASA's follow-up to its James Webb Space Telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Trump Trying to Cancel NASA’s Successor to the James Webb Space Telescope, Even Though It’s Already Built

By Victor Tangermann

An $800-million-dollar space telescope has been damaged by a tiny piece of space debris that's said to be smaller than a grain of sand.

Expensive Space Telescope Damaged by Small Space Rock

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have published a new paper in the journal Nature about an exoplanet called HD 189733b, which smells like rotten eggs.

Scientists Say This Nasty Planet Stinks to High Heaven

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists simulated the workings of a proposed space telescope, and trained it on Earth to see if it would be able to pick up signs of life.

Scientists Check Whether Space Telescope Could Detect Life on Earth

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have uncovered evidence of an exoplanet covered entirely with water that's hot enough to boil an egg.

Scientists Intrigued by Water Planet Where Ocean Appears to Be Boiling

By Sharon Adarlo

Startup Rhea Space Activity has announced that it's planning to launch a mission to breathe new life into NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Military Funding “Resurrection” Mission for Derelict NASA Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope secretly released an infrared photo of Jupiter during its historic drop of images yesterday.

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The Webb Telescope Just Quietly Released a Picture of Jupiter

By Noor Al-Sibai

For a brief and shining moment, this week's lunar eclipse allowed for the Milky Way to be incredibly visible here on Earth.

Watch the Milky Way Instantly Pop Into View During Lunar Eclipse

By Noor Al-Sibai

An X-ray telescope that flew to space with NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1990 has landed on Craigslist with a price tag of $10 million.

Someone’s Selling a NASA Space Telescope on Craigslist for $10 Million

By Victor Tangermann

It has been four days since we've last heard from NASA about Hubble's condition after a glitch forced it to halt scientific operations on June 13.

The Hubble Space Telescope Is in Really Serious Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has encountered a software glitch and had to put itself into a protective "safe mode" over the weekend.

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Software Glitch Shuts Down Hubble Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

The ESA is launching a space telescope called CHEOPS (Characterising Exoplanets Satellite) on Tuesday to study distant planets.

Science & Energy

Europe is Launching a Planet-Hunting Space Telescope Tomorrow

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just dropped an astonishing elaborate map of the over 4,003 exoplanets that we know to exist outside our Solar System.

NASA Just Released an Incredible Map of All Known Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers are looking to get a much higher resolution shot of a black hole by sending two to three satellites into Earth orbit.

Explained: Why the Next Black Hole Image Will Be Incredible

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Is Testing the Telescope That Will Revolutionize Our View of the Cosmos

NASA Is Testing the Telescope That Will Revolutionize Our View of the Cosmos

By Chelsea Gohd

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The Massive James Webb Space Telescope Just Moved One Step Closer to Launch