Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so far outside of a galaxy’s core. “We were looking for these star-shredding events as a way […]

Posted July 27, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy

NASA’s Hubble Shows Star Formation in Andromeda Galaxy Winding Down

NASA’s Hubble finds that star formation in the Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline.

Posted July 27, 2026

Earth

Earth's Moon

EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Sun

NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon

On July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light.

Posted July 24, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxies

Hubble Spies One-Sided Spiral

This Hubble image features spiral galaxy NGC 4654, located 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).

Posted July 24, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mars

Mars Exploration Program

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

Planetary Science Division

Planets

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars

NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into E

Posted July 23, 2026

Technology

Goddard Space Flight Center

Robotics

Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, where it will use its advanced robotics to service spacecraft.

Posted July 22, 2026

Aerosols

Air Quality

Earth Observatory

Goddard Space Flight Center

Wildfires

A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America

Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada.

Posted July 22, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month

Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where […]

Posted July 21, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Commercial Crew

Goddard Space Flight Center

International Space Station (ISS)

Kennedy Space Center

Missions

NASA Invites Media to Roman Space Telescope, Crew-13 Launches

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at […]

Posted July 17, 2026

Ames Research Center

Asteroids

Astromaterials

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

Meteors & Meteorites

NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids

A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover new clues about ancient water, the chemical evolution of primitive asteroids, and the ingredients that may have helped make life possible throughout the early solar system.

Posted July 15, 2026