Goddard Space Flight Center

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Star Clusters

Stars

Stellar Evolution

TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

The Universe

NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster

Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They used data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and other observatories as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all, from the Moon to Mars and beyond.

Posted November 20, 2025

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxies

Stars

The Universe

Hubble Studies Star Ages in Colorful Galaxy

Stars of all ages are on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the sparkling spiral galaxy called NGC 6000, located 102 million light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. NGC 6000 has a glowing yellow center and glittering blue outskirts.

Posted November 14, 2025

Astrophysics

ExoMoons

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming disk encircling a large exoplanet.

Posted September 29, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Awards Custodial, Landscaping Services Contract

NASA has selected Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc. of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to provide custodial, janitorial, landscaping, and recycling services for the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Posted September 26, 2025

Langley Research Center

B200

General

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Modeling

NASA Aircraft

Radiation

Science & Research

Science in the Air

Science Mission Directorate

Space Weather

NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Future Space Travelers

Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air travelers and validating global radiation maps used in flight path planning.

Posted September 26, 2025

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth Science Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Headquarters

Science Mission Directorate

NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface

The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of things to come as the joint mission between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) approaches full science operations later this year.

Posted September 25, 2025

Goddard Space Flight Center

Earth Science

Science & Research

NASA Awards Atmosphere Research Support Contract

NASA has selected Science and Technology Corp. of Columbia, Maryland, to support atmospheric science research and development at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Posted September 25, 2025

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Goddard Space Flight Center

Missions

NASA Headquarters

SBIR

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Awards Company to Attempt Swift Spacecraft Orbit Boost

Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft’s orbit.

Posted September 24, 2025

Air Quality

Airborne Science

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Aircraft Coordinate Science Flights to Measure Air Quality

Magic is in the air. No wait… MAGEQ is in the air, featuring scientists from NASA centers across the country who teamed up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and several other university and government partners and collaborators.

Posted September 24, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

Human Dimensions

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Water on Earth

Wildfires

NASA Data Powers New Tool to Protect Water Supply After Fires

When wildfires scorch a landscape, the flames are just the beginning. NASA is helping U.S. communities foresee and prepare for what can follow: mudslides, flash flooding, and contaminated water supplies.

Posted September 24, 2025