Science & Research

Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old.
Posted March 4, 2024
AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Mesosphere
Science & Research
The Sun
After 16 years studying Earth’s highest clouds for the benefit of humanity – polar mesospheric clouds – from its orbit some 350 miles above the ground, NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, mission has come to an end. Initially slated for a two-year mission, AIM was extended numerous times due to its […]
Posted March 1, 2024
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Neutron Stars
Science & Research
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a recently observed supernova. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, was a core-collapse supernova, meaning the compacted remains at its core formed either a neutron star or a black hole. Evidence for such a […]
Posted February 22, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Citizen Science
Eclipses
Get Involved
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Skywatching
When darkness sweeps across the landscape during a total solar eclipse, unusual things start happening. Fooled by the false dusk, birds stop singing, crickets start chirping, and bees return to their hives. Reports of these atypical animal behaviors date back centuries, but the effects of an eclipse on plant and animal life are not fully […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Biological & Physical Sciences
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Science & Research
Space Biology
Space Biology Program
NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division is sending three physical sciences and space biology experiments and equipment to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission.
Posted January 30, 2024
2017 Solar Eclipse
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Skywatching
Solar Eclipses
On April 8, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the United States, as millions will view a total solar eclipse. For many, preparing for this event brings memories of the magnificent total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017. In 2017, an estimated 215 million U.S. adults (88% of U.S. adults) viewed the solar eclipse, either […]
Posted January 30, 2024
ISS Research
Biological & Physical Sciences
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Microbiology
Science & Research
Space Biology
A growing body of research suggests a link between epigenetic mechanisms and a wide variety of illnesses and behaviors, including cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune illnesses, and cognitive dysfunction. Epigenetics also plays a role in the changes humans and other living things experience in space.
Posted January 30, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
It’s oh-so-easy to be absolutely mesmerized by these spiral galaxies. Follow their clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to their centers, where there may be old star clusters and – sometimes – active supermassive black holes.
Posted January 29, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
Some of the finest, smallest details in the universe – the gaps between elongated groups of stars – may soon help astronomers reveal dark matter in greater detail than ever before.
Posted January 17, 2024
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
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

7
10
33
1
1
16
4
3
1
1
160
26
1
10
1
4
5
2
1
1
1
16
3
19
239
2
77
1
1
36
10
4
1
6
2
296
1
6
2
6
2
1
1
1
1
3
13
38
107
10
1
5
4
45
28
2
4
3
545
1
1
1
1
11
197
6
177
3
2
3
12
3
Io
3

Recent Posts