NASA Astrophysics Director Paul Hertz (middle) shown during a briefing at NASA headquarters in April 2015. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky WASHINGTON — NASA’s Astrophysics Division should emulate the ...

Paul Hertz, who has been director of NASA's astrophysics division since early 2012, said June 7 he will step down by the end of the year. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky WASHINGTON — Paul Hertz, who has led ...

After more than three decades of trailblazing discoveries, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has done it again. Combining fresh ...

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released a Community Announcement on https://beta.sam.gov/ under Notice ID NNH20ZDA015L concerning its intention to solicit investigations for the ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space were selected by NASA for additional review, the agency announced ...

What does NASA's future look like? Will the next-generation telescope investigate the first black holes in the distant universe or will it look for life on an Earth-like planet light-years away? As in ...

Mark Clampin of NASA to discusses the future of astrophysics at NASA at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation in Yokohama, next week. Mark Clampin, director of the Astrophysics Division at ...

NASA has announced it is considering four new mission proposals to study topics in astrophysics. Each of the proposals has been funded for a nine-month concept study, after which two will be chosen to ...

NASA will release concurrently the 2021 Astrophysics Medium Explorer (MIDEX) Announcement of Opportunity (NNH21ZDA018O), and the 2021 Astrophysics Explorers Mission of Opportunity (MO) Program Element ...

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