Science Who gets to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope? Astronomers work to fight bias With the James Webb Space Telescope safely deployed, many scientists want to use it. To minimize the effect of unconscious biases, they go through a process developed for the Hubble Space Telescope. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finishes deploying its sunshield amid cheers NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully finishing tensioning its massive sunshield on Tuesday, marking a critical step in the powerful observatory's zero-gravity deployment. Joe Palca Scott Neuman Amina Khan
Science Why some astronomers once feared NASA's James Webb Space Telescope would never launch NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is waiting at its launch site, after years of repeated delays and cost overruns. At one point, the giant new observatory was threatened with cancellation. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science This new space telescope should reveal what the universe looked like as a baby The upcoming launch of NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope should let astronomers see what some of the universe's first stars and galaxies looked like soon after the Big Bang. Nell Greenfieldboyce
A NASA spacecraft has flown into the sun's atmosphere for the first time in history The Parker Solar Probe's first passage through the corona, which lasted a few hours, is one of many that are planned for the mission, according to NASA. The next flyby is expected to occur in January. Joe Hernandez
Science Astronomers find a new planet that's mostly made of iron NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system Nell Greenfieldboyce
The threat of space debris delays a spacewalk by NASA astronauts Two NASA astronauts were scheduled for a Tuesday morning spacewalk to fix a faulty antenna on the International Space Station. But the threat of space debris has delayed those plans. Tien Le
Science In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid NASA is about to launch the first mission of its new planetary defense office. A spacecraft will attempt to knock a small asteroid off course by ramming into it. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to live and work on the space station Watkins will join the fourth SpaceX Crew next April on her way to entering the ranks of other history-making women at NASA like astronauts Mae Jemison and Sally Ride. Deepa Shivaram
National NASA says it can't put the first person of color on the moon until at least 2025 NASA's leaders say an overly aggressive timeline from the Trump administration and a legal fight over a contract are two reasons why it's altering plans for the Artemis lunar program. Bill Chappell
