NASA Astrophysics 2024 Highlights

2024 was an exciting year for astrophysics. There were fascinating discoveries by missions new and old, new instruments launched, and older instruments getting ready for unprecedented repairs in space. Several upcoming missions continued their march toward completion, with SPHEREx launching in 2025, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launching no later than May of 2027, and the Habitable Worlds Observatory beginning development as a next-generation space telescope. Building off the incredible successes, 2025 will be a great year for astrophysics at NASA.Credit: NASAMusic credit: “Extrapolations,” Andrii Yefymov [BMI], Universal Production MusicYouTubeComplete transcript available.