Astrophysics Branch
Marshall Space Flight Center's Astrophysics Branch uses space and ground-based observatories to peer back to the earliest epochs of the universe, unravel its mysteries, and study the most violent explosions in our galaxy and beyond. Our goal is to help discover how the universe works, explore how it began and evolved, and search for life on planets around other stars.
Neutron Measurements on the Lunar Surface (NMLS) is a project to deliver an instrument manifested on Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine Lander Mission One, to be launched on the new ULA Vulcan Centaur, landing on the Lacus Mortis plateau (44oN, 25oE). Astrobotic …
Chandra issued an image release and press release on April 20, 2022, “Black Holes Raze Thousands of Stars to Fuel Growth”, a new survey of over 100 galaxies uncovering signs that black holes are demolishing thousands of stars in a …
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On April 23, 2022, members of the Chandra X-ray Observatory project at MSFC staffed an exhibit tent in support of the NASA Student Launch Challenge of 2022. The event was held at Bragg’s Farm in Toney, AL and hosted over …
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The Director and Deputy Director of NASA’s Astrophysics Division visited from HQ May 14th to meet with Center Leadership, ST10, the scientists of ST12, and tour MSFC’s world-class optics testing and calibration facilities, the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) and …
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Chandra issued an image and press release on March 31, 2022, “Spiderweb Galaxy Field: Fasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb”. To look for black holes around the “Spiderweb” galaxy, astronomers observed for over 8 days with NASA’s Chandra X-ray …
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