Goddard Space Flight Center

Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
A bubbling region of stars both old and new lies some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. This complex cluster of emission nebulae is known as N11, and was discovered by American astronomer and NASA astronaut Karl Gordon Henize in 1956. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope brings a new image of the cluster in the […]
Posted August 19, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
The Universe
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also known as Abell 426, 320 million light-years from Earth. It’s a barred spiral galaxy known as MCG+07-07-072, seen here among a number of photobombing stars that are much closer to Earth than it is. MCG+07-07-072 has quite an unusual shape for a […]
Posted August 16, 2024
MOSAICS
For Colleges & Universities
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
Learning Resources
MUREP
Science Mission Directorate
NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students.
Posted August 14, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science-enabling Technology
The Universe
The primary instrument for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a sophisticated camera that will survey the cosmos from the outskirts of our solar system all the way out to the edge of the observable universe. Called the Wide Field Instrument, it was recently delivered to the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, […]
Posted August 13, 2024
People of Goddard
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of NASA
The Universe
Research astrophysicist Regina Caputo puzzles out how the universe works by studying the most extreme events in the cosmos. ​​Name: Regina CaputoTitle: Research Astrophysicist Organization: Astroparticle Physics Laboratory (Code 661) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard?
Posted August 9, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science-enabling Technology
Space Communications Technology
The “visor” for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this large sunshade is designed to keep unwanted light out of the telescope.
Posted August 9, 2024
Scientific Balloons
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaign at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Eight balloon flights carrying scientific experiments and technology demonstrations are scheduled to launch from mid-August through mid-October.
Posted August 9, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Supernovae
The Universe
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 857074, located in the constellation Eridanus. LEDA 857074 is a barred spiral galaxy, with partially broken spiral arms. The image also captured a supernova, named SN 2022ADQZ, shining brightly on the right side of the galaxy’s bar.
Posted August 9, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of Goddard
“I didn’t always grow up knowing that I was going to be working for NASA. It was just the way my life unfolded, and I couldn’t be more grateful and lucky to have this opportunity to be here. I think hiking is what really got me into my passion for wanting to have this outdoors […]
Posted August 8, 2024
Citizen Science
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
Posted August 8, 2024
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