The Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as LSST and WFIRST respectively, are major new astronomical observatories named after pioneering female ...

The field of astronomy has often been dominated by men. However, Nancy Grace Roman changed that. Roman is the first chief of astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA, the US national space ...

At a time when men dominated the field of astronomy, Nancy Grace Roman stepped up to become "the mother of Hubble." Roman was the first chief of astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA ...

“In Lucania, it was alleged that the heavens had been on fire; at Privernum the Sun had been glowing red through the whole of a cloudless day; at the temple of Juno Sospita in Lanuvium a terrible ...

NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to revolutionize our understanding of the universe with an extraordinary survey that could unveil 100,000 cosmic explosions. As part of its ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

One for the future: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is planned for launch in the mid-2020s (Courtesy: NASA) NASA’s troubled space telescope, WFIRST, has been renamed the Nancy Grace Roman Space ...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Nancy Grace Roman was the first chief of astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters, and she helped fight for what would become the Hubble Space Telescope. She is seen here in 1963 ...