NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

Using Webb’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers have confirmed gas – specifically water vapor – around…

NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration

Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic…

Hubble Captures a Light-Bending Galaxy Cluster

A vast galaxy cluster lurks in the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…

NASA’s Webb Takes Closest Look Yet at Mysterious Planet

A science team gains new insight into the atmosphere of a “mini-Neptune,” a class of planet…

How Desert Dust Nourishes the Growth of Phytoplankton at Sea

After a long-distance delivery, nutrients in desert dust nourish life in the ocean. Click…

Sholainka Martyn: Powering Goddard Missions, One Small Business At a Time

Sholainka Martyn builds connections between Goddard and the small business vendors who make the NASA mission…

Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young…

Hubble Views a Beautiful Luminous Galaxy

The lenticular galaxy NGC 5283 is the subject of this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. …

Hubble Views Striking Starry Tendrils

The jellyfish galaxy JO175 appears to hang suspended in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…

Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk

The young star TW Hydrae is playing “shadow puppets” with scientists observing it with NASA’s Hubble…