Goddard Space Flight Center

Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems in our Milky Way galaxy. The young, nearby star Beta Pictoris was already known to host two giant planets: Beta Pictoris b, one of the first […]
Posted July 15, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. How do black holes at the center of galaxies form and grow over time? To answer this question, scientists need to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances, which existed much earlier in the universe’s history. New research suggests NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which […]
Posted July 14, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Black Holes
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Stars
Astronomers using archival data from Hubble and supportive observations from Webb have located their first stellar-mass black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri.
Posted July 13, 2026
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA ceremonially transferred ownership of about 105 acres of wooded land at its Goddard Space Flight Center’s Greenbelt, Maryland, campus Tuesday to the adjoining Patuxent Research Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Posted July 7, 2026
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Ames Research Center
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Communications Technology
As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can navigate and communicate without a direct connection to Earth. NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, validated and advanced these capabilities.
Posted July 6, 2026
Astrophysics
Elliptical Galaxies
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Interacting Galaxies
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer, and far more complex, than ever seen before.
Posted July 6, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted July 4, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Magellanic Clouds
Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
Blue and white stars shine brightly against crimson gas in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted July 3, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Star Clusters
Stars
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this NASA Hubble image of the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3).
Posted July 3, 2026
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Protostars
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared light of numerous features that previously were impossible to see beyond the thick dust of the FS Tau star system. In addition to myriad background galaxies that burst into view like fireworks for the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations, this image flickers with a number of […]
Posted July 2, 2026
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