Astrophysics Science Division
The Astrophysics Science Division supports the GSFC astrophysics projects by providing scientific leadership and
supports a research program to achieve NASA's strategic science goals. The key questions addressed by the Divisions research
programs include:
- How do galaxies, stars, and planetary systems form and evolve?
- What is the diversity of worlds beyond our solar system?
- Which planets might harbor life?
- What powered the big bang?
- What is Dark Energy?
- What happens to space, time and matter at the edge of a black hole?
- What are the cycles of matter & energy in the evolving universe?
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News Feature
Image Credit: JAXA
NASA Goddard Mission Approved to Probe Matter in Extreme Environments
An instrument to study the extreme environments of the universe has been given the "green light" from NASA Headquarters. The High-Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectrometer
(SXS) was one of the two science proposals recently selected by NASA for the Explorer Program Mission of Opportunity investigations, and is managed at NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center.
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Current Missions
Future Missions & Programs
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
While GLAST has already launched, it is still in check-out mode.
Find out more about its progress at the links below.
+ Visit the GLAST website
+ Listen to the GLAST project scientist
+ Read the GLAST blog!
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
JWST is an infrared-optimized space telescope designed
to study the earliest stars and galaxies.
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Beyond Einstein Program
Beyond Einstein consists of several missions:
the x-ray imaging Constellation-X,
the gravitational-wave detector LISA, and
the 3 Einstein probes, one of which is the
dark energy
mission JDEM.
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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
SOFIA is a 2.5-meter telescope for infrared to far-infrared astrophysics carried
aboard a Boeing 747-SP aircraft. GSFC is responsible for the SAFIRE
instrument.
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