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New Ultra-Black Coating Could Enable the Search for Life on Exoplanets 

A recently developed ultra-black coating not only efficiently absorbs light, but is also extremely thin and durable, enabling its potential use on starshades that could someday support the imaging of exoplanets and potentially facilitate the detection of life beyond our solar system. 
Posted May 12, 2026
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Astrophysics Division
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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The Milky Way

Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center

The Milky Way’s galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets, and other free-floating objects. This region has been studied for decades with numerous ground-based and space-based telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.
Posted May 11, 2026
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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Stars
The Universe

NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agency’s commitment to flight no later than May 2027.
Posted April 22, 2026
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Uncategorized

NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly

Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. A paper describing the results published Monday in The Astrophysical Journal.
Posted April 14, 2026
Earth-like Exoplanets
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanets
Terrestrial Exoplanets
The Universe

Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?

The Discovery A candidate planet that might be remarkably similar to Earth, HD 137010 b, has one potentially big difference: It could be colder than perpetually frozen Mars. Key Facts Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the […]
Posted January 28, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Exoplanet Detection Methods
Exoplanets
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Gravitational Microlensing
Stars
The Milky Way
The Universe

Journey to Center of Milky Way With Upcoming NASA Roman Core Survey

At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black hole at the very center. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide the deepest-ever view of this zone, revealing stars, planets, and unique objects that resist definition. Based on the input of astronomers from across the […]
Posted January 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Stars
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe

TESS Status Updates

Jan. 23, 2026 NASA’s TESS Returns to Science Observations NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) entered safe mode Jan. 15 and returned to normal science operations Jan. 18.  The operations team determined the issue arose when TESS slewed to point at a target, but its solar panels did not rotate to remain pointed at the […]
Posted January 23, 2026
Ames Research Center
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Exoplanets
Kepler / K2
Open Science
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data

Trained on data from NASA’s exoplanet-hunting missions, the open-source ExoMiner++ deep learning model uses an advanced algorithm to validate new planets.
Posted January 22, 2026
Ames Research Center
Astrophysics
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Visible / Optical Light

NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond

Editor’s Note, Jan. 11, 2026: NASA’s Pandora and the NASA-sponsored BlackCAT and SPARCS missions lifted off at 8:44 a.m. EST (5:44 a.m. PST) Sunday, Jan. 11. A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, and their stars. Along […]
Posted January 9, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Stars

NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time

Like a game of cosmic bumper cars, scientists think the early days of our solar system were a time of violent turmoil, with planetesimals, asteroids, and comets smashing together and pelting the Earth, Moon, and the other inner planets with debris.
Posted December 18, 2025
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