Goddard Space Flight Center

Ami Choi: Unraveling the Invisible Universe

Research Astrophysicist and Roman’s Deputy Wide Field Instrument Scientist – Goddard Space Flight Center From a young age, Ami Choi — now a research astrophysicist at NASA — was drawn to the vast and mysterious. By the fifth grade, she had narrowed her sights to two career paths: marine biology or astrophysics. “I’ve always been […]

Posted September 9, 2025

Astrophysics

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Careful analysis of the results so far presents several potential scenarios for what the planet’s atmosphere and surface may be like, as NASA science missions lay key groundwork to answer the question, “are we alone in the universe?” […]

Posted September 8, 2025

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxies

The Universe

Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See

While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy with plenty to study. The galaxy, NGC 7456, is located over 51 million light-years away in the constellation Grus (the Crane). This Hubble image reveals fine detail in the galaxy’s […]

Posted September 5, 2025

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Dark Energy

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science & Research

Stars

Supernovae

The Universe

One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions

Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes. Roman may even find evidence of some of the universe’s first stars, which are thought to completely self-destruct without leaving any remnant behind.

Posted July 15, 2025

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Galaxy clusters

Goddard Space Flight Center

Gravitational Lensing

Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait

A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies is the setting of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy cluster in question is Abell 209, located 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). This Hubble image of Abell 209 shows more than a hundred galaxies, but there’s more to this cluster than even […]

Posted July 11, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Parker Solar Probe (PSP)

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Solar Wind

Space Weather

The Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun

On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun’s atmosphere.

Posted July 10, 2025

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Dark Energy

Dark Matter

Goddard Space Flight Center

Goddard Technology

NASA Centers & Facilities

Technology

The Universe

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels

On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool.

Posted July 10, 2025

Astrophysics

Emission Nebulae

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Nebulae

Science & Research

Star-forming Nebulae

Stars

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd Anniversary

It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has “clawed” back the thick, dusty layers of a section within the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334). Focusing Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on a single “toe bean” within this active star-forming […]

Posted July 10, 2025

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Brown Dwarfs

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanets

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Nebulae

Science & Research

Star-forming Nebulae

Stars

Studying Exoplanets

The Universe

3 Years of Science: 10 Cosmic Surprises from NASA’s Webb Telescope

Since July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and analyze otherwise invisible infrared light, Webb is making observations that were once impossible, changing our view of the cosmos from the most distant galaxies to our own solar system.

Posted July 2, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk)

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)

Space Weather

STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory)

The Sun

NASA Missions Help Explain, Predict Severity of Solar Storms

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in the U.S. and taking the world by surprise. Two days earlier, the Sun blasted a coronal mass ejection (CME) — a cloud of energetic particles, magnetic fields, and solar material — toward Earth. Space scientists […]

Posted July 1, 2025