The Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Dark Energy
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes. Roman may even find evidence of some of the universe’s first stars, which are thought to completely self-destruct without leaving any remnant behind.
Posted July 15, 2025
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Technology
NASA Centers & Facilities
Technology
The Universe
On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool.
Posted July 10, 2025
Astrophysics
Emission Nebulae
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Science & Research
Star-forming Nebulae
Stars
The Universe
It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has “clawed” back the thick, dusty layers of a section within the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334). Focusing Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on a single “toe bean” within this active star-forming […]
Posted July 10, 2025
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Open Clusters
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
A riotous expanse of gas, dust, and stars stake out the dazzling territory of a duo of star clusters in this combined image from NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes. Open clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 reside in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. Open clusters consist of anywhere […]
Posted July 7, 2025
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Brown Dwarfs
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Science & Research
Star-forming Nebulae
Stars
Studying Exoplanets
The Universe
Since July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and analyze otherwise invisible infrared light, Webb is making observations that were once impossible, changing our view of the cosmos from the most distant galaxies to our own solar system.
Posted July 2, 2025
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
Present-day disk galaxies often contain a thick, star-filled outer disk and an embedded thin disk of stars. For instance, our own Milky Way galaxy’s thick disk is approximately 3,000 light-years in height, and its thin disk is roughly 1,000 light-years thick. How and why does this dual disk structure form? By analyzing archival data from […]
Posted June 26, 2025
Andromeda Galaxy
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the structure and evolution of our own spiral, which is much harder to do since Earth is embedded inside the Milky Way. The galaxy […]
Posted June 26, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Active Galaxies
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
ISS Research
Neutron Stars
NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer)
Pulsars
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
June 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused observations due to a problem with one of the motors that drives its ability to track cosmic objects.
Posted June 24, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Irregular Galaxies
The Universe
This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is situated just 12.5 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). It is a member of the M94 galaxy group, which is near the Local Group of galaxies that the Milky Way […]
Posted June 20, 2025
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