Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Science & Research
The Universe
Researchers analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like surfboards and pool noodles – and are rarely round, like volleyballs or frisbees. “Roughly 50 to 80% of the galaxies we studied appear to be flattened in two dimensions,” explained lead author […]
Posted January 17, 2024
NASA Headquarters
Climate Change
Earth
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Read this release in English here. En el año 2023, la temperatura promedio de la superficie de la Tierra fue la más cálida que se haya registrado, según un análisis de la NASA. Las temperaturas globales del año pasado estuvieron alrededor de 1,2 grados Celsius (2,1 grados Fahrenheit) por encima del promedio para el período de […]
Posted January 12, 2024
Earth
Climate Change
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Earth’s average surface temperature in 2023 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
Posted January 12, 2024
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
NASA Headquarters
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 17, to discuss the upcoming launch and science objectives of the agency’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission. Once in orbit above Earth, the satellite will shed light on the impact of tiny things – microscopic life in water and microscopic particles […]
Posted January 11, 2024
Astrophysics
COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer)
Cosmic Microwave Background
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
The Universe
Astronomers analyzing 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found an unexpected and as yet unexplained feature outside of our galaxy.
Posted January 11, 2024
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have discovered X-ray activity that sheds light on the evolution of galaxies. The X-rays outline giant clouds of cold gas in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4945. The gas appears to have blasted through the galaxy after its central supermassive black hole erupted some 5 […]
Posted January 11, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Planetary Nebulae
Science & Research
The Universe
Beta Pictoris, a young planetary system located just 63 light-years away, continues to intrigue scientists even after decades of in-depth study. It possesses the first dust disk imaged around another star — a disk of debris produced by collisions between asteroids, comets, and planetesimals.
Posted January 10, 2024
Black Holes
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Neutron Stars
The Universe
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare event in an oddball place. It’s called a fast radio burst (FRB), a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Hundreds of FRBs have been detected over the past few years. They pop off all over […]
Posted January 9, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Auroras
Brown Dwarfs
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
Infrared emission from methane suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere.
Posted January 9, 2024
Earth
Climate Change
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Climate researchers from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2023 during a media briefing at 11 a.m. EST Friday, Jan. 12. NASA will stream audio of the briefing on the agency’s YouTube.
Posted January 8, 2024
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