Astrophysics

Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by people globally, including astronauts from Artemis II and Artemis III. The memory card will travel with the Roman observatory […]
Posted July 31, 2026
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Since their discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers. Understanding the nature of these extremely distant, compact red sources has been a puzzling scientific endeavor.
Posted July 29, 2026
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Science & Research
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so far outside of a galaxy’s core. “We were looking for these star-shredding events as a way […]
Posted July 27, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
This Hubble image features spiral galaxy NGC 4654, located 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).
Posted July 24, 2026
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems in our Milky Way galaxy. The young, nearby star Beta Pictoris was already known to host two giant planets: Beta Pictoris b, one of the first […]
Posted July 15, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. How do black holes at the center of galaxies form and grow over time? To answer this question, scientists need to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances, which existed much earlier in the universe’s history. New research suggests NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which […]
Posted July 14, 2026
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Black Holes
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Stars
Astronomers using archival data from Hubble and supportive observations from Webb have located their first stellar-mass black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri.
Posted July 13, 2026
Astrophysics
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
Pulsars
The Universe
For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos, as NASA […]
Posted July 9, 2026
Astrophysics
Elliptical Galaxies
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Interacting Galaxies
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer, and far more complex, than ever seen before.
Posted July 6, 2026
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