Tricks and Treats!
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 29, 2010
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A year ago, we were moving out of our old offices in Building 2 here at NASA Goddard and decided to look into the rich history of that building. Things didn’t go quite as we expected:
Awesomeness Round-up – 10/18/10
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 18, 2010
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This week’s round-up will be a quick one – we just got back from attending the Blogworld & New Media Expo, and our brains are exploding with ideas for new things to do for Blueshift! But plenty of news-worthy things happened while we were gone, because astronomical discoveries wait for … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 10/11/10
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 11, 2010
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There’s a time in nearly every satellite’s life where a decision has to be made – continue or game over? For NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, this question arose when the satellite reached the end of its onboard frozen hydrogen coolant. This wasn’t a surprise, but WISE used … Continue Reading →
Be a scientist!
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 8, 2010
- 2 Comments
In one of last week’s contests, we asked our readers/followers/listeners (whatever you guys are – we love you!) to tell us about the things they’d like to see covered here on Blueshift. And we got tons of interesting ideas that’ll fuel a bunch of our weekly brainstorming sessions! One of … Continue Reading →
Our WMAP beach ball winners!
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 4, 2010
- 3 Comments
When we decided to run a week-long series of contests to give away WMAP beach balls autographed by Nobel Laureate John Mather, we didn’t know what to expect. Would we get any entries? Would we get any good entries? Well, you guys blew us away. We got hilarious jokes (a … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 10/4/10
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 4, 2010
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Credit: OPTIMUS PRIME image courtesy Hasbro Transformers, roll out! This NASA news headline caught our eye last week: NASA and OPTIMUS PRIME Collaborate to Educate Youth. NASA announced a video contest for students from third to eighth grade that will feature spinoffs from NASA technologies. There have been some pretty … Continue Reading →
Contest: Win a WMAP beach ball – day 5!
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 1, 2010
- 38 Comments
Okay, this is it! We’ve been running contests all week to give you a chance to win an awesome prize pack of NASA goodies that includes an exclusive WMAP beach ball signed by Nobel Laureate John Mather! All of the contests, including this one, close tonight at 5PM ET. So … Continue Reading →
Contest: Win a WMAP beach ball – day 4!
- By Sara Mitchell
- September 30, 2010
- 25 Comments
There are only two days left to enter this week’s contests – including this one, there are four contests that you can enter until Friday at 5PM ET. Here’s your latest chance to win a prize pack of NASA stuff including a WMAP beach ball signed by Nobel Laureate John … Continue Reading →
Contest: Win a WMAP beach ball – day 3!
- By Sara Mitchell
- September 29, 2010
- 29 Comments
We’ve been getting some great entries into our first two contests – and you can still enter those until Friday at 5PM ET. It’s the third day of our special week of contests, and here’s your next chance to win a prize pack of NASA stuff including a WMAP beach … Continue Reading →
Contest: Win a WMAP beach ball – day 2!
- By Sara Mitchell
- September 28, 2010
- 29 Comments
You can still tell us your favorite joke about the Big Bang until Friday at 5PM ET, though you’ll have some stiff competition – there are some good ones coming in! But here’s your next chance to win a prize pack of NASA stuff including a WMAP beach ball signed … Continue Reading →
