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NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole

NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole

09.26.2019
​For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) watched a black hole tear apart a star in a cataclysmic phenomenon called a tidal disruption event. Follow-up observations from other instruments have produced the most detailed look yet at the early moments of one of these star-destroying occurrences.
Artist's conception of WFIRST in space

NASA’s WFIRST Will Help Uncover Universe’s Fate

09.13.2019
NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope will launch in the will explore how dark energy has affected the universe's expansion in the past, which will let us foresee its possible fate.
Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun in Images From NASA's Fermi

Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun in Images From NASA's Fermi

08.15.2019
If our eyes could see gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That's how NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has seen our neighbor in space for the past decade. These gamma-ray observations are a reminder that astronauts on the Moon will require protection from the same cosmic rays that produce this high-energy gamma radiation.
NASA Scientist to Discuss “Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators” at Library of Congress Lecture

NASA Scientist to Discuss “Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators” at Library of Congress Lecture

08.01.2019
The public is invited to a free lecture called ‘Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators: Gamma-rays and Multi-messenger Astronomy.'
New Hubble Constant Measurement Adds to Mystery of Universe’s Expansion Rate

New Hubble Constant Measurement Adds to Mystery of Universe’s Expansion Rate

07.16.2019
Astronomers have made a new measurement of how fast the universe is expanding, using an entirely different kind of star than previous endeavors.
NASA’s Fermi Mission Reveals its Highest-energy Gamma-ray Bursts

NASA’s Fermi Mission Reveals its Highest-energy Gamma-ray Bursts

06.13.2019
For 10 years, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has scanned the sky for gamma-ray bursts, the universe's most luminous explosions. A new catalog of the blasts provides scientists with fresh insights into how they work.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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