The Universe

Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88), located about 63 million light-years away.
Posted May 29, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Earth-like Exoplanets
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanet Detection Methods
Exoplanet Transits
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Stars
Terrestrial Exoplanets
The Universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to reveal around 100,000 worlds — a staggering leap compared to the nearly 6,300 found so far thanks to NASA missions working in tandem with other […]
Posted May 28, 2026
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Gravitational Lensing
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Which comes first, the galaxy or the black hole? We don’t know, but scientists have long thought it could be the galaxy: Large stars within an existing galaxy consume their fuel and collapse to form black holes, which can gobble up surrounding material and merge over time to form more massive entities. But it’s hard […]
Posted May 27, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
The Universe
Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and sizes clustered together toward the center-left of the image. A few foreground stars shine brightly and are easily distinguished by the spikes that appear to extend outward from each star. These spikes, called diffraction spikes, are the […]
Posted May 22, 2026
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Gamma Rays
Goddard Space Flight Center
Magnetars
Neutron Stars
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion.
Posted May 20, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Neutron Stars
Stars
The Universe
Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode, should be scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. However, most of them are effectively invisible. A new study published in Astronomy and Astrophysics suggests NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could spot them anyway.
Posted May 6, 2026
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what the hundreds or potentially thousands of these objects are. A paper describing the […]
Posted April 28, 2026
Exoplanets
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Stars
The Universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agency’s commitment to flight no later than May 2027.
Posted April 22, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Emission Nebulae
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in intricate detail by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted April 20, 2026
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