Goddard Space Flight Center

To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun

As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field.

Posted March 16, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Parker Solar Probe (PSP)

Technology

Artifacts From NASA’s Webb, Parker Solar Probe on View at Smithsonian

A testing replica of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and a full-scale model of the agency’s Parker Solar Probe are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

Posted March 13, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Invites Media to 63rd Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium

Media are invited to attend the 63rd annual Goddard Space Science Symposium, taking place Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, at the National Housing Center in Washington. The event also will be streamed online.

Posted March 10, 2026

Van Allen Probes

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

The Sun

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A to Re-Enter Atmosphere

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere almost 14 years after launch.

Posted March 9, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

Wallops Flight Facility

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