Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs

After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space — an area where space weather can interfere with both satellites and communications signals — NASA’s ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) mission has come to an end.

Posted July 24, 2024

Curiosity (Rover)

ExoMars

Goddard Space Flight Center

InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars 2020

Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)

Mars Express

Mars Odyssey

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

Mars Sample Return (MSR)

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Missions

Opportunity (Rover)

Perseverance (Rover)

The Solar System

Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)

10 Things for Mars 10

Scientists from around the world are gathering this week in California to take stock of the state of science from Mars and discuss goals for the next steps in exploration of the Red Planet. In the spirit of Mars 10, formally known as the 10th International Conference on Mars, here are 10 recent significant events […]

Posted July 24, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

NASA Centers & Facilities

Science & Research

Uncategorized

NASA Rocket Discovers New Energization Process in Upper Atmosphere

When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE-2) rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa studied waves traveling down Earth’s magnetic field lines into the polar atmosphere.

Posted July 22, 2024

Artemis

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Goddard Space Flight Center

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Communications Technology

Ground Antenna Trio to Give NASA’s Artemis Campaign ‘LEGS’ to Stand On

Background NASA’s LEGS can do more than help Earthlings move about the planet. Three Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, or LEGS, will enhance the Near Space Network’s communications services and support of NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Posted July 22, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Irregular Galaxies

Missions

The Universe

Hubble Studies a Potential Galactic Merger

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238, located 14.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its unexciting, blob-like appearance seems to resemble an oversized star cluster more than a classic image of a galaxy.

Posted July 19, 2024

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Science & Research

New Evidence Adds to Findings Hinting at Network of Caves on Moon

An international team of scientists using data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has discovered evidence of caves beneath the Moon’s surface.

Posted July 18, 2024

Astrobiology

Enceladus

Europa

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Search for Life

The Solar System

NASA: Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa

Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, have evidence of oceans beneath their ice crusts. A NASA experiment suggests that if these oceans support life, signatures of that life in the form of organic molecules (e.g. amino acids, nucleic acids, etc.) could survive just under the surface ice despite the harsh […]

Posted July 18, 2024

People of NASA

Careers

Goddard Space Flight Center

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

People of Goddard

Women at NASA

Rebekah Hounsell: Tracking Cosmic Light to Untangle the Universe’s Darkest Mysteries

Rebekah Hounsell is an assistant research scientist working on ways to optimize and build infrastructure for future observations made by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The mission will shed light on many astrophysics topics, like dark energy, which are currently shrouded in mystery.

Posted July 16, 2024

Astrophysics

Exoplanet Atmosphere

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanets

Gas Giant Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World

Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere.

Posted July 15, 2024

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

Science & Research

The Universe

Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb’s Second Anniversary

Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra. Its operations have led to a “parade” of discoveries by astronomers around the world.

Posted July 12, 2024