Expand sub-menus

Astroparticle Physics Laboratory (661) Press Releases & Feature Stories Archive

Search Filter


 

Showing 1 to 25 of 202.

Results Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 9
Photo of original sign being installed

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 60 Years

04.29.2019
On May 1, 1959, the Beltsville Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was renamed NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert H. Goddard, widely considered the father of modern rocketry. Thus began a 60-year boom in science and technological innovation.
NASA’s Fermi Satellite Clocks ‘Cannonball’ Pulsar Speeding Through Space

NASA’s Fermi Satellite Clocks ‘Cannonball’ Pulsar Speeding Through Space

03.19.2019
Astronomers have found a runaway pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour — so fast it could travel the distance between Earth and the Moon in just 6 minutes.
Photograph of Robert Goddard at blackboard

NASA Invites Media to 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.15.2019
Media are invited to the 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium on March 20-21.
Holy Cow! Mysterious Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes

Holy Cow! Mysterious Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes

01.10.2019
A brief and unusual flash spotted in the night sky on June 16, 2018, puzzled astronomers and astrophysicists across the globe.
NASA Telescopes Take a Close Look at the Brightest Comet of 2018

NASA Telescopes Take a Close Look at the Brightest Comet of 2018

12.20.2018
As the brilliant comet 46P/Wirtanen streaked across the sky, NASA telescopes caught it on camera from multiple angles.
NASA’s First Stellar Observatory, OAO 2, Turns 50

NASA’s First Stellar Observatory, OAO 2, Turns 50

12.11.2018
Launched on Dec. 7, 1968, NASA's Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2, nicknamed Stargazer, was the agency's first successful cosmic explorer — a direct ancestor of Hubble and many other astronomy satellites.
NASA’s Fermi Traces the History of Starlight Across the Cosmos

NASA’s Fermi Traces the History of Starlight Across the Cosmos

11.29.2018
Scientists using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced over 90 percent of the universe’s history.
Multimessenger Links to NASA’s Fermi Mission Show How Luck Favors the Prepared

Multimessenger Links to NASA’s Fermi Mission Show How Luck Favors the Prepared

11.08.2018
In 2017, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope played a pivotal role in two important breakthroughs occurring just five weeks apart.
Astronomers Unveil Growing Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies

Astronomers Unveil Growing Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies

11.07.2018
These images reveal the final stage of unions between pairs of galactic nuclei in the messy cores of colliding galaxies.
NASA’s Fermi Mission Energizes the Sky With Gamma-ray Constellations

NASA’s Fermi Mission Energizes the Sky With Gamma-ray Constellations

10.17.2018
Scientists on NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission have devised a set of modern constellations constructed from the sky's brightest gamma-ray sources.
All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered

All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered

10.16.2018
About a year ago, astronomers excitedly reported the first detection of electromagnetic waves, or light, from a gravitational wave source. Now, a year later, researchers are announcing the existence of a cosmic relative to that historic event.
‘Pulsar in a Box’ Reveals Surprising Picture of a Neutron Star’s Surroundings

‘Pulsar in a Box’ Reveals Surprising Picture of a Neutron Star’s Surroundings

10.10.2018
Scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated 'pulsar in a box' are uncovering particle behaviors that may help explain how neutron stars emit gamma-ray and radio pulses with ultraprecise timing.
Births, deaths and collisions: Swift’s telescope snaps one millionth UV image

Births, deaths and collisions: Swift’s telescope snaps one millionth UV image

08.21.2018
The Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) aboard the NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured its millionth image on May 13.
Photo of two Science Jamboree participants talking at display

NASA Goddard’s Science Jamboree Connects Disciplines and Interns

07.26.2018
The Goddard Science Jamboree provides an opportunity for interns and senior scientists alike to learn more about the science happening in other disciplines in one room.
NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole

NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole

07.12.2018
For the first time ever, scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the source of a high-energy neutrino from outside our galaxy.
NASA’s Fermi Satellite Celebrates 10 Years of Discoveries

NASA’s Fermi Satellite Celebrates 10 Years of Discoveries

06.11.2018
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrates 10 years of using the highest-energy form of light in the universe to observe phenomenon from black holes to cosmic rays and thunderstorms.
artist's conception of Fermi in orbit over the Earth

Fermi Status Update

05.30.2018
Both instruments aboard NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have resumed science observations.
NASA Awards Contract for Space Telescope Mission

NASA Awards Contract for Space Telescope Mission

05.23.2018
NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

04.24.2018
Any telescope that reaches the launch pad in the 2030s likely will look much different than the concepts four teams are currently studying to inform the 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, but the studies do offer a roadmap.
NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

04.24.2018
As in past decades, the agency won’t make that decision in a vacuum or without understanding the technical obstacles, which are formidable.
New Exoplanet Collaboration Hosts Meeting to Explore Molecular Seeds of Life

New Exoplanet Collaboration Hosts Meeting to Explore Molecular Seeds of Life

04.09.2018
The Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration (SEEC) hosts its first annual symposium April 9-13. Researchers will discuss how our knowledge of the early solar system can help the hunt for life on other worlds.
Astrophysics Science Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Astrophysics Science Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

03.07.2018
NASA Goddard’s Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) is home to a vibrant community of scientists, technologists, and support staff dedicated to enabling NASA’s over-arching goals in astrophysics.
NASA Technology to Help Locate Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational Waves

NASA Technology to Help Locate Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational Waves

02.06.2018
A compact detector technology applicable to all types of cross-disciplinary scientific investigations has found a home on a new CubeSat mission designed to find the electromagnetic counterparts of events that generate gravitational waves.
Photo of the Jupiter-C rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Explorer 1

Celebrating 60 Years of Groundbreaking U.S. Space Science

01.31.2018
Sixty years ago, the U.S. launched Explorer 1, rocketing into the Space Age.
Vintage JPL graphic celebrating Explorer 1 satellite

Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science

01.23.2018
Sixty years ago, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier island off the Florida coast.
Results Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 9
                                                                                                                                                                                        
NASA Logo, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NASA Official:
  • Curator:
  • Last Updated: 05/20/2019