A Mirror Milestone, Part 4
- By Maggie Masetti
- December 11, 2012
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Here’s another update on the James Webb Space Telescope mirrors. In my last mirror blog I talked about the arrival of our flight secondary mirror, which is a pretty big deal, as there is only one on the telescope, and I hear it was a big challenge to manufacture. Along … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Science in a Nutshell, Part 2 of our interview with “The Bad Astronomer,” Dr. Phil Plait
- By Maggie Masetti
- December 4, 2012
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Click to listen! (6.5MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) As science educators, encouraging critical thinking and skepticism is something we think is really important. We interviewed the “Bad Astronomer,” Dr. Phil Plait, to get his thoughts on the subject. He is a trained scientist who used to work … Continue Reading →
Poland’s Rich Scientific History
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 30, 2012
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This past summer, I took a trip to Poland, specifically, Warsaw and Krakow. My husband was there for a scientific conference, and I was there as a tourist, but I was amazed at the amount of science and science history there was to be found whilst seeing touristy things. One … Continue Reading →
Reddit Asked, John Mather Answered
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 29, 2012
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On Monday, November 26, 2012, Nobel Laureate and James Webb Space Telescope project scientist spent about an hour answering questions on Reddit. You can go read the full “Ask Me Anything” thread and the interesting discussion it provoked, but we’ve pulled out some of the questions he directly answered here … Continue Reading →
Ask John Mather Anything!
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 20, 2012
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Nobel Laureate and James Webb Space Telescope Project Scientist John Mather has answered questions on Twitter – and now he’s coming to Reddit on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 1pm EST. Reddit, a popular community where users vote on content they find interesting, has a sub-forum for interviews with volunteers … Continue Reading →
A Mirror Milestone, part 3
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 15, 2012
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I was lucky enough to get to witness the next mirror milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope. (Here are parts two and one.) I got word that our second shipment of mirrors were arriving at Goddard, which would consist of our flight secondary mirror and our 3rd flight primary … Continue Reading →
JWST + STEM Education = Awesome!
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 7, 2012
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The James Webb Space Telescope project is just entering its 3rd year of participation with the wonderful RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge. It was originally created by teacher Sharon Bowers and it allows students to solve real world engineering design problems both in the classroom and in a virtual environment and … Continue Reading →
Spooky Astronomy, part 3
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 26, 2012
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Another Halloween is upon us again and that means it’s time for some more… [spooky voice] Haunted Astronomical Imagery! But first I wanted to do a quick plug for our 2nd Annual Halloween Science Costume Contest!. Check out this blog for details on how to enter! Now, back to our … Continue Reading →
A Mirror Milestone, part 2
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 23, 2012
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I recently blogged about the first two flight primary mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope arriving at NASA Goddard. I have new pics to share, that show the mirror segments being inspected after their arrival. I really do think these golden mirrors are beautiful!
Want to see a talk by Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather?
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 5, 2012
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Dr. John Mather is NASA’s resident Nobel Laureate and he’s currently a project scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope. If you’d like to learn more about JWST and why it is being engineered the way it is, then tune into his talk on Tuesday October 9th at 1pm EDT … Continue Reading →
