Stars

Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
Stars
The Universe
Amid a site teeming with new and young stars lies an intricate substructure. A team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy is relatively compact in size but hosts a frenzy of star […]
Posted April 3, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a globular cluster called NGC 1651. Like another recent globular cluster image, NGC 1651 is about 162,000 light-years away in the largest and brightest of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
Posted March 29, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Stars
The Universe
In the largest and one of the most ambitious Hubble Space Telescope programs ever executed, a team of scientists and engineers collected information on almost 500 stars over a three-year period.
Posted March 28, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Marshall Space Flight Center
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
In the year 1181 a rare supernova explosion appeared in the night sky, staying visible for 185 consecutive days. Historical records show that the supernova looked like a temporary ‘star’ in the constellation Cassiopeia shining as bright as Saturn. Ever since, scientists have tried to find the supernova’s remnant.
Posted March 28, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Nebulae
Protostars
Stars
The Universe
Jets emerge from the cocoon of a newly forming star to blast across space, slicing through the gas and dust of a shining nebula in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. FS Tau is a multi-star system made up of FS Tau A, the bright star-like object near the middle of the image, […]
Posted March 25, 2024
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Protostars
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
Editor’s Note: This article was updated March 13, 2024, to clarify the likelihood that chemicals found around IRAS 2A were present in the first stages of development of our solar system. What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common?
Posted March 13, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Spitzer Space Telescope
Stars
The Milky Way
The Universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has announced plans for an unprecedented survey of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. It will peer deeper into this region than any other survey, mapping more of our galaxy’s stars than all previous observations combined. “There’s a really broad range of science we can explore with […]
Posted March 12, 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
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Nebulae
Protostars
Star-forming Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky Way about 5,900 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 make up this image.
Posted February 16, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope view shows the globular cluster NGC 2298, a sparkling collection of thousands of stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Globular clusters are typically home to older populations of stars, and they mostly reside in the dusty outskirts of galaxies.
Posted February 14, 2024
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