Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment

The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and classified as a ‘flocculent’ spiral, meaning its spiral arms are patchy and indistinct.

Posted March 28, 2025

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Sees Galaxy Mysteriously Clearing Fog of Early Universe

Using the unique infrared sensitivity of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers can examine ancient galaxies to probe secrets of the early universe. Now, an international team of astronomers has identified bright hydrogen emission from a galaxy in an unexpectedly early time in the universe’s history.

Posted March 26, 2025

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Neptune

Planetary Science

Planets

Science & Research

The Solar System

NASA’s Webb Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time

Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under Webb’s powerful gaze For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating from the Sun, become trapped in a planet’s magnetic field and eventually strike the upper atmosphere.

Posted March 26, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Parker Solar Probe (PSP)

The Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Team Wins 2024 Collier Trophy

The innovative team of engineers and scientists from NASA, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, and more than 40 other partner organizations across the country that created the Parker Solar Probe mission has been awarded the 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA).

Posted March 25, 2025

Astrobiology

Curiosity (Rover)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars Exploration Program

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Planets

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

The Search for Life

The Solar System

The Universe

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars

Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed.

Posted March 24, 2025

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

Stars

Stellar Evolution

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Telescope Unmasks True Nature of the Cosmic Tornado

Craving an ice cream sundae with a cherry on top? This random alignment of Herbig-Haro 49/50 — a frothy-looking outflow from a nearby protostar — with a multi-hued spiral galaxy may do the trick.

Posted March 24, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Heliophysics Research Program

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Sounding Rockets

Sounding Rockets Program

Uncategorized

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA to Launch Three Rockets from Alaska in Single Aurora Experiment

Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of Earth’s far upper atmosphere. The experiment’s outcome could upend a long-held theory about the aurora’s interaction with the thermosphere.

Posted March 21, 2025

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Magellanic Clouds

The Universe

Hubble Captures a Neighbor’s Colorful Clouds

Say hello to one of the Milky Way’s neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a dwarf galaxy located about 200,000 light-years away. Most of the galaxy resides in the constellation Tucana, but a […]

Posted March 21, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Invites Media to 62nd Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium

Media are invited to meet leaders in the space community during the 62nd annual Goddard Space Science Symposium, taking place from Wednesday, March 19, to Friday, March 21, at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Maryland. The symposium will also be streamed online.

Posted March 18, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

Lucy

Missions

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

New Modeling Assesses Age of Next Target Asteroid for NASA’s Lucy

Although NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson is primarily a mission rehearsal for later asteroid encounters, a new paper suggests that this small, main belt asteroid may have some surprises of its own.

Posted March 17, 2025