The Universe

Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
The Universe
Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes. The resulting cosmic “craft” reveals new details about the star formation region known as 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula.
Posted August 11, 2026
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Planetary Nebulae
Science & Research
The Universe
Observing across the starry “plains” of space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope previously viewed this planetary nebula in 2000, imaging the lion face-shaped target in visible light and revealing features such as the “mane” of hazy, comet-shaped objects.
Posted August 10, 2026
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Magnetars
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Neutron Stars
The Universe
A first-of-its-kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly observed. The results published Wednesday in Nature.
Posted August 5, 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
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
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
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Globular Clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Star Clusters
Stars
The Universe
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted July 4, 2026
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