Astrophysics

Astrobiology
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of starlight suppression needed for future space observatories to pick out very faint habitable exoplanets from the far brighter glare of their stellar hosts. 
Posted March 24, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Crab Nebula
Emission Nebulae
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Nebulae
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Supernova Remnants
A quarter-century after its first observations of the full Crab Nebula, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken a fresh look at the supernova remnant. The result is an unparalleled, detailed look at the aftermath of a supernova and how it has evolved over Hubble’s long lifetime. A paper detailing the new Hubble observation is published […]
Posted March 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Comets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Small Bodies of the Solar System
The Solar System
In a happy twist of fate, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just witnessed a comet in the act of breaking apart. The chance of that happening while Hubble watched is extraordinarily minuscule. The findings published Wednesday in the journal Icarus. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)—not to be confused with interstellar comet […]
Posted March 18, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Neutron Stars
The Universe
A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an environment like this before — and it may help solve two outstanding cosmic mysteries. A paper describing these results […]
Posted March 10, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Jupiter
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Planets
Saturn
Science & Research
Sonifications
The Solar System
Uranus
In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will all be visible from clear and dark night skies. New sonifications from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released Feb. 25 will help commemorate this latest “planetary parade.” Because the planets in our solar system travel around the Sun […]
Posted February 25, 2026
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Planetary Nebulae
Science & Research
The Universe
Two heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal new detail in a mysterious, little-studied nebula surrounding a dying star.  Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the […]
Posted February 25, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Stars
The Universe
For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the juvenile star. Winds from the star’s surface are blowing up the bubble and filling it with hot gas […]
Posted February 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, 2025, where it was detected by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae.
Posted February 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Nebulae
Planetary Nebulae
Reflection Nebulae
This stunning image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust. Located approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Egg Nebula features a central star obscured by a dense cloud of dust — like a “yolk” nestled within a […]
Posted February 10, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Lenticular Galaxies
The Universe
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features an uncommon galaxy with a striking appearance. NGC 7722 is a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. A lenticular, meaning “lens-shaped,” galaxy is a type whose classification sits between more familiar spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies.
Posted January 30, 2026
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