Goddard Space Flight Center

After two decades in space, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is performing better than ever thanks to a new operational strategy implemented earlier this year. The spacecraft has made great scientific strides in the years since scientists dreamed up a new way to explore gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe.

Posted November 20, 2024

People of Goddard

Goddard Space Flight Center

People of NASA

Bob Swap Builds Bridges With ‘Science Diplomacy’

Associate Director for Mission Planning, Earth Sciences, and environmental scientist Robert J. “Bob” Swap makes a difference by putting knowledge into action. Name: Robert J.

Posted November 19, 2024

Ames Research Center

Earth Science Division

General

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hollywood Techniques Help NASA Visualize Supercomputing Data

Captivating images and videos can bring data to life. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) produces visualizations, animations, and images to help scientists tell stories of their research and make science more approachable and engaging.

Posted November 18, 2024

General

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Artemis

Artemis 1

Artemis 2

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Climate Modeling

Climate Science

Earth Science

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

High-Tech Computing

Neutron Stars

NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer)

Space Launch System (SLS)

Stars

Technology

The Universe

Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe

At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the universe – from our planet to the farthest reaches of the cosmos.

Posted November 15, 2024

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)

GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)

Water on Earth

NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels

Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.

Posted November 15, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Program

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program.

Posted November 14, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Universe

Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical Telescope Assembly, which includes a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror, nine additional mirrors, and supporting structures and electronics.

Posted November 14, 2024

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Universe

Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes

A rapidly feeding black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy in the early universe, shown in this artist’s concept, may hold important clues to the evolution of supermassive black holes in general.

Posted November 13, 2024

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Goddard Space Flight Center

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Science & Research

Supermassive Black Holes

The Universe

NASA’s Swift Studies Gas-Churning Monster Black Holes

Scientists using observations from NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a galaxy. “It’s a very weird event, called AT 2021hdr, that keeps recurring every few months,” said Lorena Hernández-García, an astrophysicist at […]

Posted November 13, 2024

People of Goddard

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

People of NASA

SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)

Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data

Dr. Inia Soto Ramos became fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean while growing up in Puerto Rico’s mountains. Today, she works at NASA as an oceanographer and data manager, where she can uncover these enigmas from space.

Posted November 12, 2024