The PRIME telescope, operated by Osaka University and others in South Africa, which can potentially study the Milky Way's ...

Named for Nancy Grace Roman, who served as NASA's first chief astronomer, it will be located approximately 1.5 million ...

Astronomers discovered FFPs (free floating planets- rogue planets) more than 20 years ago, using the United Kingdom Infrared ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of ...

PRIME uses wide field imaging and gravitational microlensing techniques that measure brightness variations of faint objects in the infrared spectrum (not visible to humans). To detect exoplanets ...

Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws ...

Gravitational microlensing events are revealing the mysteries of rogue planets, but what are they, and how does it work? And what role does the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope play in helping us ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts gravitational memory, where space-time retains imprints from passing gravitational waves. Researchers are exploring if the cosmic microwave ...