Twinkle Twinkle Little Thermonuclear Power Plant
- By Faith Tucker
- July 6, 2011
- 5 Comments
The heavens above have often been a source of comfort and inspiration for us mere mortals on Earth. A few examples include the classic inspirational quote, “Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars” (~Les Brown) or a child staring out their window and wishing … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 6/27/11
- By Faith Tucker
- June 27, 2011
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Although it may be less well known than her nefarious box, Pandora’s Cluster has made a splash of its own as a team of scientists unraveled this galaxy cluster’s tangled history. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ITA/INAF/J. Merten et al. Lensing: NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru; ESO/VLT Optical: NASA/STScI/R. Dupke It appears that this giant cluster … Continue Reading →
Beauty is in the Ear of the Beholder
- By Faith Tucker
- June 23, 2011
- 2 Comments
It’s summertime once again here at Goddard, and summer means two things: mixing it up a bit with a special summer Blueshift series and summer interns. I’m Faith, back for another summer at Goddard, and considering I’m a recent college grad freshly released from my liberal arts college, it seemed … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 6/21/11
- By Faith Tucker
- June 21, 2011
- 3 Comments
As Maggie mentioned in her intriguing post last week, things have been quite busy around here recently. So here is a bit of a catch-up edition of your weekly Awesomeness Round-Up. Enjoy! Historically, astronomy has always required a great deal of patience as astronomers spent long, cold nights at the … Continue Reading →
Protons, Quarks and Hadrons, Oh My!
- By Faith Tucker
- October 6, 2010
- 1 Comment
[Sara’s note: Even though Faith’s time with us ended back in August (*sniffle*), we were thrilled to get another excellent travel blog from her! That’s dedication.] You can scour the globe and poke your head in every nook and cranny, but in the end you’ll be hard-pressed to find a … Continue Reading →
How To Kill A Dinosaur From Space
- By Faith Tucker
- August 11, 2010
- 3 Comments
Go ahead and take a moment to think back to those blissful years of childhood, all those mandatory naps and the impish grins that let you get away with anything. Ah, the good old days. Well, I’m willing to venture a guess that right about the time that the sand … Continue Reading →
If you only see one petrified middle finger in your life…
- By Faith Tucker
- July 28, 2010
- 3 Comments
To be honest, I’ve never really understood why people go to crazy lengths to get the autographs of celebrities. It’s just their name in squiggly, illegible handwriting, after all – not worth hours waiting in line, if you ask me. But you know what would be an exciting way to … Continue Reading →
Exoplanets, Swiss Style
- By Faith Tucker
- July 16, 2010
- 3 Comments
Hemmed in on all sides by the heavyweights of Western Europe lies a rather curious country. After spending more than three months in this quadralingual, dairy-obsessed country, I’ve developed a deep fondness for Switzerland. But even I was surprised to find that there’s more to Switzerland than neutrality, fondue and … Continue Reading →
Megaliths? Megacool.
- By Faith Tucker
- June 30, 2010
- 3 Comments
The annals of astronomy are riddled with names of some of the Greats of science history; Aristotle, Pythagoras, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein, just to name a few. But astronomy hasn’t always (if ever) fit nicely into the realm of pure scientific inquiry and quantitative fact. Ancient cultures across the world … Continue Reading →
“Annus Mirabilis”
- By Faith Tucker
- June 18, 2010
- 6 Comments
Dear Blueshift readers, you don’t know me; let me introduce myself. My name is Faith, and I’m a part of the small herd of undergraduate interns that descend on Goddard Space Flight Center each summer. While most interns will be spending their summers participating in exciting research projects with Goddard … Continue Reading →
