Marshall Space Flight Center

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

Astrophysics

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies

Galaxy clusters

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Science Projects

Marshall Science Research & Projects

Marshall Space Flight Center

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

The Universe

X-ray Astronomy

NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery

Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin of X-rays in a supermassive black hole’s jet, answering a question that has been unresolved since the earliest days of X-ray astronomy.

Posted December 16, 2025

NASA Centers & Facilities

Glenn Research Center

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Stennis Space Center

NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts

NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply up to approximately 36,952,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen for use at facilities across the agency.

Posted November 21, 2025

I Am Artemis

Artemis

Human Landing System Program

Marshall Space Flight Center

I Am Artemis: Ethan Jacobs

Listen to this audio excerpt from Ethan Jacobs, a helicopter pilot and member of the Colorado Army National Guard developing a foundational flight training course for Artemis astronauts: High above the Rocky Mountains, Ethan Jacobs is helping NASA preparing to land people on the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA […]

Posted November 20, 2025

Centennial Challenges

Artemis

Centennial Challenges News

Earth's Moon

Marshall Space Flight Center

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Lunar Challenge Winner Tests Technology in NASA Thermal Vacuum Chamber

By Savannah Bullard One year after winning second place in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to test their upgraded lunar regolith excavation and transportation rover in the center’s 20-foot thermal vacuu

Posted September 26, 2025

Human Lander Challenge

Artemis

Human Landing System Program

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Opens 2026 Human Lander Challenge for Life Support Systems, More

NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help evolve and transform technologies for life support and environmental control systems. These systems are critical for sustainable, long-duration human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Posted September 25, 2025

Space Launch System (SLS)

Ames Research Center

Artemis

Artemis 2

Marshall Space Flight Center

From Supercomputers to Wind Tunnels: NASA’s Road to Artemis II

By Jill Dunbar Of the many roads leading to successful Artemis missions, one is paved with high-tech computing chips called superchips.

Posted September 18, 2025

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

Quasars

Science & Research

Supermassive Black Holes

The Universe

NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth

A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of astronomers. This discovery from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain how some black holes can reach enormous masses relatively quickly after the big bang. The black hole weighs about a billion times the mass of the […]

Posted September 18, 2025

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket poised to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey around the Moon next year may appear identical to the Artemis I SLS rocket. On closer inspection, though, engineers have upgraded the agency’s Moon rocket inside and out to improve performance, reliability, and safety. SLS flew a […]

Posted September 17, 2025

NASA Headquarters

Ames Research Center

Astronauts

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Johnson Space Center

Langley Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Missions

Stennis Space Center

NASA Makes Webby 30s List of Most Iconic, Influential on Internet

NASA has earned a spot on The Webby 30, a curated list celebrating 30 companies and organizations that have shaped the digital landscape.

Posted September 16, 2025

Marshall Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

NASA Centers & Facilities

Stennis Space Center

NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Services Contract

NASA has selected Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston to provide safety and mission assurance services for the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Safety and Mission Assurance II (SMAS II) award is a performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of $400 million.

Posted September 15, 2025