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NASA's newest space telescope has left Earth

After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?

A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to Earth in the near future.

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NASA's Roman telescope is in space. But don't expect photos until 2027

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'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth

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SpaceX rocket launches NASA dark energy telescope in hunt for distant worlds

NASA’s $4.3 billion telescope launched to space on Sunday, marking the beginning of a five- to 10-year mission designed to observe the universe’s most exotic phenomena.

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NASA successfully launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to study dark matter

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Sunday morning

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NASA Launches New Telescope Equipped With Repurposed Spy Gear to Survey Galaxies

A SpaceX rocket took off with the device, called the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, just before 7:30 a.m. ET Sunday from a launchpad in Florida.

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NASA’s newest space telescope launches to explore hidden universe

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Nasa launches powerful new space telescope to explore mysteries of the Universe

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NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out

NASA has brought two of Swift’s telescopes back online after technical problems derailed a commercial mission intended to rescue the aging observatory by raising its orbit. With atmospheric drag pulling the spacecraft downward faster than expected,

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Unplanned impact: NASA says SpaceX rocket debris may hit moon

In August, parts of a SpaceX rocket are expected to slam into the Moon. The collision was not planned, but experts are monitoring it. Will the impact be visible from Earth? View on euronews

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Asteroid Bennu carries a 1-in-2,700 chance of striking Earth in 2182, NASA says

Among the thousands of near-Earth objects that space agencies track, one small, dark asteroid stands out for how closely it has been studied and how far into the future its path can be projected. Bennu,

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NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.

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NASA finds Earth microbes could survive on the Moon

NASA scientists found that microbes brought by astronauts could survive in cold, shadowed niches around the Moon’s South Pole, potentially complicating future searches for pristine lunar chemistry. Some refuges may be no larger than a footprint,

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NASA's PUNCH mission can now accurately predict when solar storms will hit Earth

In March 2025, NASA launched the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission in an effort to better understand solar weather. It consists of a constellation of four microsatellites,

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‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth Tonight—But NASA Says It’s Safe: What To Know

A building-sized asteroid will coincidentally fly by Earth during September’s supermoon and partial lunar eclipse early Wednesday morning, offering a celestial show full of events, and NASA is monitoring the space rock because of its size and how close ...

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NASA study suggests Earth microbes could survive inside the Moon’s deep shadows

Researchers have found that some Earth microbes may be able to withstand conditions inside the Moon’s darkest regions.