Goddard Space Flight Center

New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash.

Posted January 29, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Building Roman

Technicians have completed the construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Roman observatory is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with the team aiming for as early as fall 2026. The mission will revolutionize our understanding of the universe with its deep, crisp, sweeping views of space. More than a thousand […]

Posted January 29, 2026

Artemis

Artemis 2

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Technology Demonstration

Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voice, images, video, and vital mission data must traverse thousands of miles, carried on signals from NASA’s communications systems.

Posted January 28, 2026

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big Bang

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of the observable universe closer to cosmic dawn with the confirmation of a bright galaxy that existed 280 million years after the big bang. By now Webb has established that it will eventually surpass virtually every benchmark […]

Posted January 28, 2026

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Galaxies

Galaxy Mergers

Goddard Space Flight Center

Gravitational Waves

LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)

Supermassive Black Holes

The Universe

NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware

Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission.

Posted January 27, 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Gravitational Lensing

Hubble Space Telescope

Irregular Galaxies

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

The Universe

AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive

A team of astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, artificial intelligence-assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The team analyzed nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble Legacy Archive, each measuring just a few dozen pixels (7 to 8 arcseconds) on a side.

Posted January 27, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

Goddard Technology

NASA Centers & Facilities

Technology

NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract

NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Posted January 23, 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

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Protostars

Science & Research

Stars

The Universe

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require intense heat to form and these “dirty snowballs” spend most of their time in the ultracold Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Now, looking outside our solar system, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope […]

Posted January 21, 2026