Goddard Space Flight Center

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of construction, installation, and testing.

Posted September 17, 2024

People of Goddard

Goddard Space Flight Center

People of NASA

Rob Garner: Editing Goddard’s Story to Fit the Space

News Chief Rob Garner shares NASA Goddard’s story with the public, supporting writers and creators in the Office of Communications.

Posted September 17, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Black Holes

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

The Universe

NASA’s Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early Universe

With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University has found more black holes in the early universe than has previously been reported. The new result can help scientists understand how supermassive black holes were created.

Posted September 17, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Spiral Galaxies

The Universe

Hubble Examines a Spiral Star Factory

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo named NGC 5668. It is relatively near to us at 90 million light-years from Earth and quite accessible for astronomers to study with both space- and ground-based telescopes. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like a remarkable galaxy. It is around […]

Posted September 13, 2024

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Protostars

Science & Research

Star Clusters

Star-forming Nebulae

Stars

The Milky Way

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy

Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center.

Posted September 12, 2024

Earth

Climate Change

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date

The agency also shared new state-of-the-art datasets that allow scientists to track Earth’s temperature for any month and region going back to 1880 with greater certainty.

Posted September 11, 2024

People of Goddard

Earth

For Colleges & Universities

Goddard Space Flight Center

Ice & Glaciers

Learning Resources

People of NASA

Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist

Linette Boisvert turned a childhood love of snow into a career as a sea ice scientist studying climate change.

Posted September 10, 2024

People of Goddard

Goddard Space Flight Center

Scientific Balloons

Wallops Flight Facility

Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration

Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASA’s EXCITE mission. As a scientist at Goddard, Helson helped make this balloon-based telescope a reality: EXCITE launched successfully on Aug. 31.

Posted September 10, 2024

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NASA Goddard

The public is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. EDT at NASA Goddard’s Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. International Observe the Moon Night is a time to come together with fellow Moon enthusiasts and curious people around the world. The public is invited to […]

Posted September 9, 2024

Active Galaxies

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Marshall Space Flight Center

Missions

Spiral Galaxies

The Universe

NASA’s Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo

Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Posted September 9, 2024