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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Stars
This image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust beyond the Orion Nebula. Every stage of star formation — from the youngest stellar embryos to protoplanetary discs […]
Posted June 18, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
The Universe
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy cluster, called CL0016+1609 or MACS J0018.5+1626, that is very bright at X-ray wavelengths and is one of the most extensively studied clusters at X-ray and radio wavelengths. The X-ray observations of this cluster revealed that it is two clusters merging along our line of sight.
Posted June 18, 2026
Earth Observatory
El Niño - Southern Oscillation
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sea Surface Topography
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.
Posted June 18, 2026
Mars
Ames Research Center
Commercial Space
Partner With Us
Science Mission Directorate
NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation.
Posted June 18, 2026
Astrophysics Division
Brown Dwarfs
Citizen Science
WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)
Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reveal a brown dwarf’s age. Ages of astronomical objects are often hard to measure, but essential for understanding […]
Posted June 17, 2026
Astrophysics
Cosmic Rays
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Gamma Rays
Goddard Space Flight Center
Infrared Light
Nebulae
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Stars
Supernova Remnants
Supernovae
The Universe
Ultraviolet Light
X-ray Astronomy
A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star’s detonation sent its binary companion hurtling through space, and then, after traveling for thousands of years, the surviving star blew up too.
Posted June 17, 2026
Looking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on June 12, 2026, features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211.
Posted June 17, 2026
Droughts
Earth Observatory
Surface Water
Water on Earth
Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.
Posted June 17, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b, an exoplanet four times the mass of Jupiter with an extremely elliptical orbit that sweeps close by its Sun-like star.
Posted June 17, 2026
Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL)
Photojournal
Description NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026.
Posted June 16, 2026
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