Goddard Space Flight Center

Active Galaxies

Astrophysics

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Galaxy clusters

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Universe

XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)

NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels

At a time when phone cameras are capable of taking snapshots with millions of pixels, an instrument on the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) satellite captures revolutionary science with just 36 of them. “That may sound impossible, but it’s actually true,” said Richard Kelley, the U.S.

Posted April 30, 2024

Mars

Curiosity (Rover)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

The Solar System

The Sun

NASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars

The Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet. In the months ahead, two of NASA’s Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares — giant explosions on the Sun’s surface — […]

Posted April 29, 2024

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Earth

Earth Science Division

Earth Science Technology Office

Goddard Space Flight Center

Goddard Technology

Science Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space

It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE […]

Posted April 26, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

People of Goddard

People of NASA

Kiyun Kim: From Intern to Accessibility Advocate

Kiyun Kim began at Goddard as a summer intern. Impressed by the center’s community bonds, Kim is now co-chair of a center resource group that champions accessibility and inclusivity. Name: Kiyun KimTitle: Software EngineerOrganization: Ground Software Systems Branch (Code 583) What do you do at Goddard Space Flight Center?

Posted April 24, 2024

Astrophysics

E-Books

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

The Universe

Explore the Universe with the First E-Book from NASA’s Fermi

To commemorate a milestone anniversary for NASA’s Fermi spacecraft, the mission team has published an e-book called “Our High-Energy Universe: 15 Years with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.” Readers can download the e-book in PDF and EPUB formats. The e-book is aimed at general audiences with an interest in space. Launched on June 11, 2008, […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Nebulae

Planetary Nebulae

The Universe

Hubble Celebrates 34th Anniversary with a Look at the Little Dumbbell Nebula

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus.

Posted April 23, 2024

Curiosity (Rover)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mars

Mars Exploration Program

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Missions

NASA Directorates

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

Why is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas

The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth. But scientists haven’t found convincing signs of current or ancient life on Mars, and thus didn’t expect to find methane […]

Posted April 22, 2024

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

Climate Change

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

Spinoffs

Technology Transfer

NASA Data Helps Beavers Build Back Streams

Humans aren’t the only mammals working to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Western United States. People there are also enlisting the aid of nature’s most prolific engineers – beavers.

Posted April 19, 2024

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Seyfert Galaxies

Spiral Galaxies

The Universe

Hubble Captures a Bright Galactic and Stellar Duo

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy about 130 million light-years from Earth that also lends its name to the eponymous NGC 3783 galaxy group. Like galaxy clusters, galaxy groups are aggregates of gravitationally bound galaxies.

Posted April 19, 2024

Asteroids

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Citizen Science

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids

Like boulders, rocks, and pebbles scattered across a landscape, asteroids come in a wide range of sizes. Cataloging asteroids in space is tricky because they are faint and they don’t stop to be photographed as they zip along their orbits around the Sun. Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by NASA’s Hubble […]

Posted April 18, 2024