Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our own, as the agency continues to reveal the secrets of the universe and our place in it. Billions of years ago, a Sun-like star nearing the end of its life swelled tremendously in size to become a […]

Posted July 1, 2026

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

The Universe

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound world is a super-Jupiter orbiting far from its host star.

Posted July 1, 2026

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Robotics

Swift Boost Mission

The Universe

Wallops Flight Facility

Partners, NASA Ready for June Launch of Swift Boost Mission

A mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Swift observatory is poised for launch June 30.

Posted June 26, 2026

Aerosols

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Wildfires

NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires

With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite’s three instruments are observing vegetation precursors to fires, along with plumes of smoke and their movement.

Posted June 26, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Globular Clusters

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Star Clusters

Stars

The Universe

Hubble Spies Starry Chandelier

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster.

Posted June 26, 2026

Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor - 2 (TSIS-2)

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

Goddard Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Office

Launch Services Program

Small Satellite Missions

Space Operations Mission Directorate

The Sun

NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Sun, Earth Science Missions

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for both the agency’s PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) missions. The two selections are part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.

Posted June 25, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Black Holes

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

Stars

Stellar-mass Black Holes

The Universe

Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman

A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region scientists will observe with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching later this summer. This sneak peek gives astronomers a major jumpstart on a core Roman survey, helping scientists […]

Posted June 24, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

The Universe

Hubble Details Early Galaxy Transforming Neighborhood

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the big bang.

Posted June 23, 2026

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy

Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed previously unseen details.

Posted June 23, 2026

Astrophysics

Comets

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

Small Bodies of the Solar System

The Solar System

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Finds Clues to Ancient, Distant Origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS

As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025, astronomers took the opportunity to turn NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope in its direction and capture detailed measurements of its chemical components. The comet was freshly warmed from its closest pass by the Sun, and its ancient ice had been converted […]

Posted June 22, 2026