Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Wallops Supports First Rocket Lab HASTE Launch of 2026

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital launch from the company’s Launch Complex 2 in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026.

Posted March 5, 2026

NASA Headquarters

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

Langley Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

People of NASA

Stennis Space Center

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and deploy the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s space program.

Posted March 4, 2026

Euclid

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Nebulae

Planetary Nebulae

Two Observatories, One Cosmic Eye: Hubble and Euclid View Cat’s Eye Nebula

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features one of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543. This extraordinary planetary nebula lies in the constellation Draco and has captivated astronomers for decades with its elaborate and multilayered structure.

Posted March 3, 2026

EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Mars

Space Weather

The Sun

NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars

Mars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today the Red Planet is cold, dry, and draped by a thin atmospheric veil. The main culprit is a relentless stream of particles from the Sun, known as the solar wind. Over billions of years, the solar wind has stripped away […]

Posted February 26, 2026

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Nebulae

Planetary Nebulae

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium Nebula

Two heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal new detail in a mysterious, little-studied nebula surrounding a dying star. Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the […]

Posted February 25, 2026

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

Spiral Galaxies

Stars

Supernovae

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Telescope Locates Former Star That Exploded as Supernova

Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, 2025, where it was detected by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae.

Posted February 23, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Dark Energy

Dark Matter

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Milky Way

The Universe

Core Survey by NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Universe’s Dark Side

The broadest planned survey by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal hundreds of millions of galaxies scattered across the cosmos. After Roman launches as soon as this fall, scientists will use these sparkly beacons to study the universe’s shadowy underpinnings: dark matter and dark energy.

Posted February 10, 2026

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Nebulae

Planetary Nebulae

Reflection Nebulae

NASA’s Hubble Captures Light Show Around Rapidly Dying Star

This stunning image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust. Located approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Egg Nebula features a central star obscured by a dense cloud of dust — like a “yolk” nestled within a […]

Posted February 10, 2026

Earth Science Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions

Two next-generation satellite missions announced Thursday will help NASA better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters.

Posted February 5, 2026

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

JPSS-4

Langley Research Center

Libera

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Science Instruments

NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery

NASA’s Libera instrument, which is designed to maintain the global data record of Earth’s radiation budget, has successfully completed comprehensive environmental testing. This critical milestone included thermal vacuum tests that simulate the expected space temperature and environments that Libera will experience during its mission.

Posted January 31, 2026