Astrophysics Division

Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
This Hubble image features spiral galaxy NGC 4654, located 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).
Posted July 24, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kennedy Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where […]
Posted July 21, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Black Holes
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Stars
Astronomers using archival data from Hubble and supportive observations from Webb have located their first stellar-mass black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri.
Posted July 13, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted July 4, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Magellanic Clouds
Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
Blue and white stars shine brightly against crimson gas in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted July 3, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Star Clusters
Stars
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this NASA Hubble image of the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3).
Posted July 3, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster.
Posted June 26, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
The Universe
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the big bang.
Posted June 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
The Universe
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy cluster, called CL0016+1609 or MACS J0018.5+1626, that is very bright at X-ray wavelengths and is one of the most extensively studied clusters at X-ray and radio wavelengths. The X-ray observations of this cluster revealed that it is two clusters merging along our line of sight.
Posted June 18, 2026
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