Astrophysics

Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into the infant Earth, vaporizing massive amounts of rock and blasting it into space. Some of that material coalesced into the Moon, where NASA’s Artemis program is returning humans, preparing for Mars, and shaping the future of space […]
Posted October 1, 2026
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies
Gamma Rays
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Goddard Space Flight Center
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Swift Boost Mission
The Universe
Wallops Flight Facility
A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Swift observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the agency and industry vendor gained valuable experience that will benefit future in-space servicing programs.
Posted September 28, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marshall Space Flight Center
Science Mission Directorate
NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics), is advancing to the next phase of development. This space telescope is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysics missions, called Probe Explorers, within the agency’s longstanding Explorers Program.
Posted September 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
The Universe
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19, marking another new milestone for an observatory that continues to transform our understanding of the universe. Hubble has traveled more than 5 billion miles around Earth over its 36-year lifetime, exceeding 1.7 million total observations.
Posted September 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Goddard Space Flight Center
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Stars
The Universe
X-ray Astronomy
X-ray Binaries
XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)
Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares.
Posted September 18, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
Uncategorized
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over a thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by […]
Posted September 18, 2026
Launch Services Office
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Pioneers
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Science Mission Directorate
Starburst
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts.
Posted September 17, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Brown Dwarfs
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Reflection Nebulae
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are less massive than the smallest stars. The researchers discovered brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter, bringing the […]
Posted September 15, 2026
Astrophysics
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not one, but two long-standing questions in astrophysics.
Posted September 9, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Small Bodies of the Solar System
The Solar System
For the first time, scientists used the joint power of NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Some of these are the smallest and faintest ever directly seen. The researchers unexpectedly found fewer small TNOs than they expected, and that […]
Posted September 8, 2026
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