Astrophysics

Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Planetary Nebulae
Planetary Science
Planets
Science & Research
Studying Exoplanets
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, very low-mass star. The results reveal the largest number of carbon-containing molecules seen to date in such a disk. These findings have implications for the potential composition of any planets that might […]
Posted June 6, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
The Universe
After completing a series of tests and carefully considering the options, NASA announced Tuesday work is underway to transition its Hubble Space Telescope to operate using only one gyroscope (gyro). While the telescope went into safe mode May 24, where it now remains until work is complete, this change will enable Hubble to continue exploring […]
Posted June 4, 2024
Science & Research
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science Mission Directorate
The Search for Life
NASA announced Friday it selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future large space telescopes and plan for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept, which could be the first space telescope designed to search for life outside our solar system.
Posted May 31, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731. It lies in the constellation Virgo and is located 43 million light-years from Earth. This highly detailed image uses data collected from six different filters. The abundance of color illustrates the galaxy’s billowing clouds of gas, dark […]
Posted May 31, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
Pulsars
Science & Research
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
A new project provides special 3D “experiences” on Instagram using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes through augmented reality (AR), allowing users to travel virtually through objects in space.
Posted May 29, 2024
Astrophysics
Citizen Science
Exoplanets
The Universe
Exoplanets, planets outside of our own solar system, hold the keys to finding extraterrestrial life and understanding the origin of our own world.
Posted May 28, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the jewel-bright spiral galaxy NGC 4689, which lies 54 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices.
Posted May 24, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Researchers analyzing data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed three galaxies that may be actively forming when the universe was only 400 to 600 million years old. Webb’s data shows these galaxies are surrounded by gas that the researchers suspect to be almost purely hydrogen and helium, the earliest elements to exist in […]
Posted May 23, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanet Exploration Program
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years away. Multiple factors make it a candidate well-suited for further study using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Posted May 23, 2024
Euclid
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Dark Energy
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Galaxies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Stars
The Universe
With NASA contributions, the mission will complement dark energy studies to be made by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Posted May 23, 2024
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