Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Marshall Space Flight Center
Quasars
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
This image shows a quasar, a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, which is not achieving what astronomers would expect from it, as reported in our latest press release. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) and radio data from the NSF’s Karl G.
Posted March 21, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Spitzer Space Telescope
Stars
The Milky Way
The Universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has announced plans for an unprecedented survey of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. It will peer deeper into this region than any other survey, mapping more of our galaxy’s stars than all previous observations combined. “There’s a really broad range of science we can explore with […]
Posted March 12, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Nebulae
Science & Research
Star-forming Nebulae
The Universe
The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, but also mystery-shrouded, areas of cosmic investigation. The intricacies of these processes are now being unveiled like never before by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Posted March 9, 2024
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxy clusters
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414 (SDSS J1531 for short).
Posted February 21, 2024
NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)
Astrophysics
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Magnetars
Neutron Stars
The Milky Way
Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radio waves. What’s causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer to that question. Two NASA X-ray […]
Posted February 14, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Dark Energy
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
Astronomers investigating one of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos – the rate at which the universe is expanding – are readying themselves to study this puzzle in a new way using NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Once it launches by May 2027, astronomers will mine Roman’s wide swaths of images for gravitationally […]
Posted February 7, 2024
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Gamma Rays
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Neutron Stars
Stars
The most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) times the luminosity of our Sun. Now thought to announce the births of new black holes, they were discovered by accident. The backstory […]
Posted February 6, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
It’s oh-so-easy to be absolutely mesmerized by these spiral galaxies. Follow their clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to their centers, where there may be old star clusters and – sometimes – active supermassive black holes.
Posted January 29, 2024
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Gravitational Waves
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)
LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)
Stellar-mass Black Holes
Supermassive Black Holes
The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed a major review and will proceed to the construction of flight hardware. On Jan. 25, ESA (European Space Agency), announced the formal adoption of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, to its mission lineup, with launch slated for the mid-2030s.
Posted January 25, 2024
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