What’s This? #2 – November 4, 2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 4, 2011
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It’s time for another installment of What’s This? Check out the photo below and try to figure out what it is! Post your guesses as comments to this post, comment on our Facebook wall, or tweet them to us with the #whatsthis hashtag. Here’s your hint – it’s best to … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 10/31/2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 31, 2011
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Sara’s note: Don’t forget to enter our costume contest! You’ve still got a few more days to snap a pic of your geeky, science-y costume… and win NASA goodies! More details at the link above. Credit: David St. Louis It’s been a busy couple of weeks in astronomy – big … Continue Reading →
Hunting for Hints of Planets
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 26, 2011
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Last week, about 120 exoplanet-hunters from as far away as Japan and the Netherlands descended upon NASA Goddard for the Signposts of Planets conference, an opportunity for scientists to discuss cutting-edge research on the detection and study of extrasolar planets in the debris disks around stars. The three-day event included … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 10/20/2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 20, 2011
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The full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope is currently at the Maryland Science Center at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. It will be there until October 26th, 2011. It really is an impressive sight (the satellite is about the size of a tennis court!), so if you have … Continue Reading →
Try It At Home: Turning Light Into Sound
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 5, 2011
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Ever had a remote control that didn’t seem to work, and wondered if it was the remote control itself or just dead batteries? Well, thanks to the power of the electromagnetic spectrum (the fancy scientific name for all wavelengths of light, including ones our eyes can’t see), you can build … Continue Reading →
What’s This? #1 – The big reveal!
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 3, 2011
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Last Friday, we posted the first in our new series, What’s This? We put up a mysterious photograph, and asked our readers to make their best guesses about the content of the picture. We had a lot of fantastic guesses, in the comments and on Twitter! Here’s the photo, once … Continue Reading →
What’s This? #1 – September 30, 2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- September 30, 2011
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Introducing another new Blueshift series: What’s This? We’ll post a mysterious photo… and invite you to guess what it could be! Post your guesses as comments to this post, or tweet them to us with the #whatsthis hashtag. So without further ado – what’s this? We’ll give you one hint … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 9/26/2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- September 23, 2011
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle In the hunt for extrasolar planets, we’re interested in finding Earth-like planets… but how about Tatooine-like planets? NASA’s Kepler satellite has discovered a planet that might look a little familiar to Star Wars fans. It’s the first planet scientists have seen that orbits two stars! The … Continue Reading →
Did you explore with us?
- By Sara Mitchell
- May 19, 2011
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Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo If you’ve ever driven by NASA Goddard, you might have noticed there’s not that much to see from outside the fence. You might catch a glimpse of a building or two, peeking between the trees. You get a better view from the Visitor Center, which is the … Continue Reading →
Come explore with us!
- By Sara Mitchell
- May 13, 2011
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If you’re in the DC area this weekend, then you’re in for a special treat – NASA Goddard will be opening its gates on Saturday, May 14th for a big public event! We’ve got so much in store, rain or shine… hands-on activities, tours, demonstrations, games, concerts, and more. And … Continue Reading →
