Awesomeness Round-up – 7/5/10
- By Sara Mitchell
- July 5, 2010
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Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa (uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video) Cue the vuvuzelas – NASA Goes to the World Cup! See the games from a new perspective with a slideshow of images from Earth-observing satellites of the event sites and participating countries.
Goddard’s First Building
- By Sara Mitchell
- June 16, 2010
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Here at Blueshift, we like to give you a backstage pass to what’s going on here in the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA Goddard. We introduce you to our missions, scientists, discoveries, and more. But we also want to provide some context – what’s it like to work here? How … Continue Reading →
Podcast: In the AstroZone
- By Sara Mitchell
- May 20, 2010
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Click to listen! (8MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Wouldn’t it be exciting to do astronomy in the Amazon, surrounded by the wild plants and animals of the rainforest? In January, visitors to the AstroZone event in Washington, DC, got to do something like that – they met … Continue Reading →
SDO is GO!
- By Sara Mitchell
- February 19, 2010
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February always seems to be a busy month – it’s a few days shorter than the rest and jam-packed with things to do. This one is no exception. NASA Goddard got blanketed with quite a few feet of snow in a series of storms, making the roads impassible for a … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Science at the End of the Earth, Part II
- By Sara Mitchell
- January 19, 2010
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Click to listen! (6.4MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) A remote research outpost like McMurdo Station in Antarctica draws many different kinds of people – scientists, engineers, writers, artists, and more. The station provides many of the comforts of home, and it’s difficult to get bored with the … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Science at the End of the Earth, Part I
- By Sara Mitchell
- December 31, 2009
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Click to listen! (7MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Hunting for antimatter requires a serious expedition. Scientists aren’t looking for run-of-the-mill particles – they’re collecting cosmic radiation that could be the signature of primordial black holes or other forms of dark matter. With instruments suspended from enormous scientific … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Dust in the Interstellar Wind
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 17, 2009
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Click to listen! (5.2MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) The makings of new planets lie in dusty, debris-filled disks rotating around stars, held in place and shaped by the influence of their host stars. But the dust, ice, and small bodies in these planet-forming disks also feel the … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Summer’s Scientists
- By Sara Mitchell
- July 31, 2009
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Click to listen! (7MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) How have you spent your summer vacation? An internship at NASA may not be the most relaxing way to spend these summer months, but for hundreds of high school and college students, it’s an opportunity to gain valuable experience. … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Blueshift Goes to the Movies
- By Sara Mitchell
- July 17, 2009
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Click to listen! (6MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) It’s summertime, which means that Hollywood is releasing a bunch of long-awaited, big-budget blockbusters! You can cool off in the theater with action, adventure, and… astronomy? Space science has been written into a variety of films – from the … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Astronomical Data’s Long Road Home
- By Sara Mitchell
- June 30, 2009
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Click to listen! (7MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) It’s easy to think of a satellite as a fancy digital camera – just point, shoot, and look at the pretty picture that emerges. But it’s not that simple. Astronomical data has a far longer journey to make it … Continue Reading →
