Awesomeness Round-Up – 11/22/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 22, 2011
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One of the newest additions to NASA Goddard is this giant structural steel frame that will be used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope. “This milestone is important as it marks the transition to the integration and testing phase for the Webb telescope’s optical … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 11/16/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 16, 2011
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We start with a new Hubble result. Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, the Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation. While dwarf galaxies are the most common type of galaxy in the universe, the … Continue Reading →
Contest: Halloween Costume Contest Results
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 10, 2011
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Thanks to everyone that entered our Halloween science costume contest – we were thrilled with the response! Here are our top three winners, who will each be receiving a prize pack of NASA goodies! Yuruany Arrieta as the Hubble Space Telescope:
Spooky Astronomy, part 2
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 31, 2011
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Another Halloween is upon us and that means it’s time for some… [spooky voice] Haunted Astronomical Imagery! Consider, if you will, the Helix Nebula… Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO) ….which hides a zombie at its core, visible when the … Continue Reading →
A Fond Farewell to ROSAT
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 17, 2011
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It’s time for me to be nostalgic about another satellite. Last time it was the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer which I really started my career in websites/education/outreach on. This time, it’s the Röntgensatellit, or ROSAT, a German-led X-ray telescope. When I was an intern here, my first job was to … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 10/11/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 11, 2011
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This YouTube vid features recordings made by the U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas during the Perseid meteor shower. How does this work? Head over to Phil Plait’s blog for an explanation.
Awesomeness Round-Up – 10/3/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 3, 2011
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There are gorgeous new shots of a full-scale test version of one layer of the James Webb Space Telescope’s tennis court-sized sunshield: Credit: NGAS Credit: NGAS There are two more on their Flickr.
Try It At Home: X-ray Data: Light curves, Spectra & Images Activity
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 23, 2011
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Here at the Astrophysics Science Division, we have a large group that studies X-ray astronomy. X-ray astronomy doesn’t get as much press as observations from telescopes like the Hubble, but nevertheless is a very valuable tool for understanding how the universe works. In this blog entry we’ll talk about how … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 9/22/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 22, 2011
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Things have been busy here, so we’ve just got a quick round-up for you for this week! We did want to get it out today, though, because there is time sensitive info about a tweet-up opportunity within! What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth? If this movie … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 9/14/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 14, 2011
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Bill Nye the Science Guy paid a visit to NASA Goddard on Thursday, September 9th, 2011, and while he was here he checked out some James Webb Space Telescope hardware and talked to some of the project’s scientists. There’s a great Flickr set of photos of his visit – but … Continue Reading →
