Experience the Launch of NASA's Roman Space Telescope - NASA

• NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will answer prerecorded STEM-related questions from students in New Jersey while aboard the International Space Station. • The event is hosted by Newton Public Schools in Newton, New Jersey, and is open to K-12 students and the local community.

• Mercury will reach its widest angular separation from the sun on June 15, making it the optimal time for observers to view the planet. • The event will coincide with a planetary lineup featuring Jupiter and Venus, which will be visible in the sky during the hours following sunset.

• NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is projected to revolutionize the search for alien worlds by discovering approximately 100,000 exoplanets. • This discovery potential far exceeds the combined totals of all previous astronomical missions.

• A new 30-day photographic collage documents the gradual approach of Venus and Jupiter in the western sky. • The visual sequence captures the planets appearing to move closer together from Earth's perspective, despite actually drifting further apart in space.

• NASA utilized an unconventional method to notify the Artemis 3 astronauts of their specific crew assignments. • Rather than a formal announcement, crew members were informed through enigmatic, individual meetings with their supervisors.

• The Sentinel Mission provides a step-by-step look at space exploration, covering mission planning and launch. • The process involves raw telemetry being converted into calibrated data, and then into usable science products.

• Japanese scientists successfully deployed SORA-Q, an autonomous rolling rover, to explore a portion of the moon in 2024. • The robot features a unique "Transformer-like" design, allowing it to shift from a spherical shape into a robot with extending wheels, a flip-up camera, and a transforming tail.

• Researchers have developed two new 3D structures in reticular chemistry by linking specific molecules, marking a significant breakthrough in material design. • One of these new nanographene-based materials achieves a record-breaking surface area of 5,000 square meters per gram.

• Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Andre Geim delivered his inaugural lecture, titled “Random Walk to Graphene,” on June 9th at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). • As a Chair Professor in HKU's Department of Physics, Geim shared insights into the discovery and development of graphene, a breakthrough that earned him the Nobel Prize.

• NASA and international partners are preparing for the departure of the 34th SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft from the International Space Station. • The mission focuses on returning critical scientific research samples and hardware to Earth for further analysis.

• Scientists issued a warning on June 6, 2026, regarding the global spread of free-living amoebae, which can cause fatal infections. • These organisms are particularly dangerous because they can shield other harmful microbes from standard water treatment processes.