Maggie’s Blogs
- September 13, 2016 – The Truth About Hubble, JWST, and False Color
- August 22, 2016 – Color Your Own Worlds
- July 28, 2016 – Explore @ NASA Goddard Redux
- July 20, 2016 – Why not study all wavelengths of light with one telescope?
- June 29, 2016 – The James Webb Space Telescope and the Big Bang: A Q&A with Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather
- April 21, 2016 – Sweet Update on the James Webb Space Telescope
- April 13, 2016 – Looking Back: The Legacy of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- March 3, 2016 – Mirror, Mirror
- February 22, 2016 – Five Questions about ASTRO-H/Hitomi (and launch videos!)
- February 17, 2016 – A New Eye in Space
- February 10, 2016 – Almost Time…
- December 10, 2015 – Assembling a Space Mirror
- November 20, 2015 – How Do We Know It: Supernova Remnant Age
- October 23, 2015 – The Chamber of Secrets
- September 21, 2015 – Explore @ NASA Goddard
- August 5, 2015 – Black Hole Laboratories for Dark Matter
- July 28, 2015 – Pluto Redux
- July 24, 2015 – Another Earth?
- July 22, 2015 – How Many Stars in the Milky Way?
- July 15, 2015 – Protecting Test Hardware to Protect Flight Hardware
- July 8, 2015 – Pluto!
- June 22, 2015 – The Most Important Wavelength
- May 14, 2015 – Fermi Inspires
- April 16, 2015 – More “Voorwerps”?
- April 6, 2015 – JWST’s Pathfinder On the Move
- March 12, 2015 – Eating Eta Car
- February 9, 2015 – Science as Food
- January 29, 2015 – Weather or Not
- January 26, 2015 – Rossi X-ray Timing (and cake) Explorer
- December 19,2014 – Space Cakes – James Webb Space Telescope edition…
- December 17, 2014 – The Space Environment Simulator
- December 9, 2014 – Happy Birthday, Swift!
- December 1, 2014 – Imagine the Universe
- November 25, 2014 – Novae in Different Lights
- November 10, 2014 – A “Noval” Mystery
- November 7, 2014 – The Air Up There
- October 31, 2014 – Spooky Astronomy, Part 5
- October 17, 2014 – Silver and Gold
- October 8, 2014 – “Transforming” STEM Education
- September 16, 2014 – Search for Life
- September 8, 2014 – Neil deGrasse Tyson Pays a Visit
- August 27, 2014 – Coma Niddy Brings Us New Sci Tunes
- August 25, 2014 – The Nexus of Art and Science, Part 2
- August 20, 2014 – The Nexus of Art and Science, Part 1
- August 5, 2014 – Test Backplane Arrival
- July 31, 2014 – NASA Social
- July 21, 2014 – An Instrumental Milestone
- May 15, 2014 – Extrasolar
- May 1, 2014 – X-ray Detectors On the Move
- April 18, 2014 – A Secondary Space Mirror
- March 6, 2014 – NASA at SXSW 2014
- February 14, 2014 – Happy Valentine’s Day!
- February 6, 2014 – The Fermi All-Sky Cake
- January 24, 2014 – A Close-up of a Space Camera
- January 2, 2014 – Galaxy Face-off
- December 27, 2013 – Twinkle, Twinkle Little Nova
- December 11, 2013 – How Do You Get to Stockholm?
- November 26, 2013 – Thanksgiving in Space
- November 19, 2013 – Want to be a Beta-tester for NASA?
- November 7, 2013 – Giant Space Bubbles
- October 31, 2013 – Spooky Astronomy, part 4
- October 29, 2013 – Can You Hear a Black Hole?
- October 24, 2013 – Why infrared? (exoplanet edition)
- September 17, 2013 – Q&A with Women working on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
- September 12, 2013 – Why infrared? (earliest galaxies edition)
- September 6, 2013 – Happy Birthday, Spitzer!
- August 23, 2013 – Happy Birthday, Fermi!
- August 16, 2013 – Why infrared? (Nebula edition)
- August 2, 2013 – Celebrating GALEX
- June 10, 2013 – Next Gen Engineers and Scientists Study a Next Gen Telescope
- April 9, 2013 – Come Together
- April 2, 2013 – Comet Watch
- March 14, 2013 – JWST @ SXSW, part 3
- March 9, 2013 – JWST @ SXSW, part 2
- March 8, 2013 – JWST @ SXSW
- March 4, 2013 – JWST is Coming to South by Southwest
- February 11, 2013 – Andromeda in the Infrared
- February 7, 2013 – Teaming Up with Hubble to Create Beauty
- February 5, 2013 – A Grand Spiral
- January 9, 2013 – Shiny: a Look at Astro-H Flight Hardware
- December 28, 2012 – “Lighthouses in Space”
- December 18, 2012 – “Farthest”
- December 11, 2012 – “A Mirror Milestone, Part 4”
- November 30, 2012 – “Poland’s Rich Scientific History”
- November 29, 2012 – “Reddit Asked, John Mather Answered”
- November 20, 2012 – “Ask John Mather Anything!”
- November 15, 2012 – “A Mirror Milestone, Part 3”
- November 7, 2012 – “JWST + STEM Education = Awesome!”
- October 26, 2012 – “Spooky Astronomy, Part 3”
- October 23, 2012 – “A Mirror Milestone, Part 2”
- October 5, 2012 – “Want to see a talk by Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather?”
- October 3, 2012 – “A Scientist’s Approach to Science Fiction”
- September 28, 2012 – “A Mirror Milestone”
- September 26, 2012 – “Infrared: Beyond the Visible”
- September 24, 2012 – “Ask a Nobel Laureate about James Webb Space Telescope science!”
- August 27, 2012 – “Science on a Sphere”
- July 20, 2012 – “Want to get a postcard from Blueshift?”
- July 10, 2012 – “Ring Around the Moon”
- April 18, 2012 – “The Last Flight of Discovery”
- April 10, 2012 – “A talk with Scott London, property master for The Big Bang Theory”
- April 5, 2012 – “A chat with Ann Shea, Set Decorator for The Big Bang Theory”
- April 2, 2012 – “Build-It-Yourself: Satellite!”
- March 26, 2012 – “Beautiful Science”
- February 15, 2012 – “Working at a NASA Tweet-up”
- February 1, 2012 – “Meet NuSTAR!”
- January 23, 2012 – “Bizarre Solar Systems at AAS”
- December 27, 2011 – “Virtual Worlds for Learning Real World Engineering”
- October 31, 2011 – “Spooky Astronomy, part 2”
- October 17, 2011 – “A Fond Farewell to ROSAT”
- August 26, 2011 – “A Visit to Palomar”
- July 25, 2011 – “A letter to NASA”
- July 15, 2011 – “Foodies at NASA”
- July 12, 2011 – “Fancy Fast (Space) Food.”
- June 15, 2011 – “Mysterious Plans Afoot.”
- May 26, 2011 – “You Spin Me Right Round.”
- April 15, 2011 – “The path towards becoming a research astronomer.”
- April 12, 2011 – “It was 30 years ago today”
- March 23, 2011 – “Reflections on Webb’s Mirrors”
- March 18, 2011 – “Build your own satellite (paper model)!”
- March 2, 2011 – “Discovery’s Last Hurrah”
- February 25, 2011 – “Fly By a Space Telescope”
- February 16, 2011 – “Always Keep Your Sense of Wonder”
- February 14, 2011 – “Happy Valentine’s Day!”
- February 4, 2011 – “Top Five Awesome Things About Webb Telescope”
- January 20, 2011 – “Astronomers in Seattle”
- December 30, 2010 – “Happy 15th Anniversary to RXTE!”
- November 24, 2010 – “Happy Thanksgiving from Blueshift!”
- November 10, 2010 – “NASA on the Big Bang Theory”
- November 5, 2010 – “Blueshift Road Trip follow-up”
- November 3, 2010 – “What will the James Webb Space Telescope see?”
- October 31, 2010 – “Spooky Astronomy”
- October 13, 2010 – “Blueshift hits the road again!”
- September 24, 2010 – “The Universe on a Ball”
- September 8, 2010 – “Solving Real World Problems Virtually!”
- August 20, 2010 – “Beijing’s Ancient Observatory”
- August 17, 2010 – “RXTE, Black Holes, and Pulsars, Oh My!”
- August 13, 2010 – “Meteor Crater”
- August 9, 2010 – “Webb Gotchu Followup”
- August 3, 2010 – “Webb Gotchu”
- July 8, 2010 – “Ancient Astronomy in Mexico”
- June 25, 2010 – “More Travels in Science…”
- June 9, 2010 – “Behind the Scenes at NASA”
Sara’s Blogs
- March 9, 2016 – Calling all armchair crime-solvers!
- December 7, 2015 – Help Discover New Planets!
- July 4, 2015 – Cosmic Fireworks
- December 23, 2013 – “James Webb Space Telescope 101… in one minute!”
- December 17, 2013 – A visit from Coma Niddy and PBS Digital Studios!
- November 22, 2013 – “Bringing Astrophysics to YouTube: An Interview with Jessica Few
- March 22, 2013 – “Awww! Cosmic baby pictures!”
- January 18, 2013 – “American Astronomical Society wrap-up”
- November 26, 2012 – “The Strange Case of “Zombie” Planet Fomalhaut b”
- October 31, 2012 – “Astrophysical Activity Revisited”
- July 31, 2012 – “Exploring the Galaxy with Mass Effect 3”
- February 8, 2012 – “The Helix Nebula in New Light… Again!”
- October 26, 2011 – “Hunting for Hints of Planets”
- May 19, 2011 – “Did You Explore with Us?”
- May 13, 2011 – “Come Explore with Us!”
- May 12, 2011 – “Webb Goes Full Spectrum”
- March 31, 2011 – “We’re on the Grid”
- February 18, 2011 – “Meet the Press”
- January 7, 2011 – “Gearing up for AAS!”
- December 24, 2010 – “Happy holidays from Blueshift!”
- November 19, 2010 – “The big 3-0-0-0!”
- October 29, 2010 – “Tricks and Treats!”
- October 8, 2010 – “Be a scientist!”
- September 27, 2010 – “Having a ball in Hollywood…”
- September 22, 2010 – “Blueshift Roadtrip 2010, Part 1”
- September 17, 2010 – “Blueshift hits the road!”
- September 2, 2010 – “Goddard Hosts ‘Gastro-nauts'”
- July 16, 2010 – “Citizen science – and I helped!”
- February 19, 2010 – “SDO Is GO!”
- May 18, 2009 – “What’s in a Name”
- April 30, 2009 – “It’s All Relative”
- April 17, 2009 – “Inventing 101”
- March 18, 2009 – “Gearing Up for 100 Hours”
- March 3, 2009 – “Extreme Weather”
- February 17, 2009 – “Starry Night”
- January 29, 2009 – “Why?”
- January 14, 2009 – “A New Beginning”
Guest Blogs
- August 29, 2016 – Bringing History into Focus: Inside A Moment with a NASA Photographer and Video Producer (Laura Betz)
- July 25, 2016 – Thirty Years of Space VLBI (Koji Mukai)
- June 8, 2016 – The Freest of Free-falls (Ira Thorpe)
- March 17, 2016 – We Knew That Already (Koji Mukai)
- February 29, 2016 – Release the Beasts (Ira Thorpe)
- January 29, 2016 – Flying to a Tropical Island (Kevin Boyce)
- January 20, 2016 – A Conversation with John Mather (Daniela Schnauder & Verena Wechsler)
- January 12, 2016 – The Road to Tanegashima (Kevin Boyce)
- December 3, 2015 – Chasing Unicorns (Ira Thorpe)
- November 30, 2015 – SpaceCrafts: Making a Hubble Space Telescope Costume (Dirk Schoellner)
- November 27, 2015 – Testing General Relativity (Barb Mattson)
- November 25, 2015 – 100 Years of General Relativity (Barb Mattson)
- November 25, 2015 – Following Goddard’s Tracks (Daniela Schnauder & Verena Wechsler)
- November 23, 2015 – Jasmin’s Intern Blog: Day 5 (Jasmin Evans)
- November 18, 2015 – A Visit From Germany (Daniela Schnauder & Verena Wechsler)
- November 16, 2015 – Doing Astronomy With Our Eyes Closed (Ira Thorpe)
- November 12, 2015 – Making a James Webb Space Telescope Costume (Oren Cohen)
- November 3, 2015 – Jasmin’s Intern Blog: Day 4 (Jasmin Evans)
- October 30, 2015 – Back to School with GRB 101 (Barb Mattson)
- October 26, 2015 – Jasmin’s Intern Blog: Day 3 (Jasmin Evans)
- October 26, 2015 – Jasmin’s Intern Blog: Day 2 (Jasmin Evans)
- August 13, 2015 – OSIRIS-REx (Jasmin Evans)
- August 6, 2015 – Jasmin’s Intern Blog: Day 1: A Long Way From Home (Jasmin Evans)
- July 10, 2015 – The Learning Curve (Koji Mukai)
- February 12, 2015 – No Mardi Gras Under a Full Moon (Koji Mukai)
- November 18, 2014 – Mr. Clark Goes to Goddard (Carl Clark)
- November 14, 2014 – Final Stop: Magnetars (Jason McCracken)
- November 4, 2014 – Realistic Rockets and Other Adventures in Space Costuming for Kids… (Dirk Schoellner)
- September 5, 2014 – A Ride on SOFIA (Brian Williams)
- February 11, 2014- Things That Go “Pop” in the Night (Nick Howes)
- October 17, 2013 – Stunning Webb Model Transforms at NASA, Student Engineers Behind the Controls (Laura Betz)
- July 31, 2013 – Los Fundamentos del Universo a Través de Filosofía y la Política : Primera Parte (The Basics of the Universe through Philosophy and Politics : Part 1) (Elvia Ramirez-Vidal)
- July 30, 2013 – Next Stop: Voids (Jason McCracken)
- July 12, 2013 – Next Stop: Diamond Planets (Jason McCracken)
- July 8, 2013 – Politóloga en la NASA (A Political Scientist at NASA) (Elvia Ramirez-Vidal)
- July 3, 2013 – Next Stop: Shooting Stars (Jason McCracken)
- July 1, 2013 – Finding Herschel (Nick Howes)
- June 26, 2013 – A New Kind of Stargazing (Amber Straughn)
- June 24, 2013 – Light Echoes around a Mysterious Nova (Koji Mukai)
- June 21, 2013 – Next Stop: the Universe (Jason McCracken)
- June 14, 2013 – American Astronomical Society wrap-up (Jason McCracken)
- June 7, 2013 – “The New Guy” (Jason McCracken)
- March 18, 2013 – “A Victorian Scandal” (Koji Mukai)
- March 7, 2013 – “The Life of a Grad Student at NASA” (Korey Haynes)
- February 26, 2013 – “Try on a pair of NuSTARs!” (Dan Wik)
- February 22, 2013 – “A Look into the Building Blocks of Life” (Brian Williams)
- December 13, 2012 – “The Life of a Scientist: Astrobiology in Iceland, Parts II and IV” (Christina Richey)
- December 7, 2012 – “The Life of a Scientist: Astrobiology in Iceland, Parts I and II” (Christina Richey)
- November 13, 2012 – “Darkest” (Alexe Helmke)
- September 21, 2012 – “What the Higgs are you talking about?”(Umberto Cannella)
- September 17, 2012- “What is a Galaxy?” (Koji Mukai)
- August 22, 2012 – “Who cares about gravity?” (Umberto Cannella)
- August 20, 2012 – “Relating Science and Science-Fiction at Otakon?” (Jillian Brown)
- August 9, 2012 – “Biggest Bang” (Alexe Helmke)
- August 3, 2012 – “Anatomy of an Exosolar System” (Jillian Brown)
- July 24, 2012 – “Exoplanets, Tech, and Space Travel” (Jillian Brown)
- July 12, 2012- “The Life of a Scientist: Traveling to ACM 2012, Niigata, Japan” (Christina Richey)
- July 2, 2012 – “Observing the Sun to Learn About the Planets” (Alexe Helmke)
- June 22, 2012 – “7 Degrees of NuSTAR…” (Christina Richey)
- June 20, 2012 – “A Midsummer Day’s Rant” (Koji Mukai)
- May 2, 2012- “Celebrating Science and Engineering in Washington, DC” (Christina Richey)
- April 30, 2012- “An “X-ray Astronomer” Among Radio Telescopes” (Koji Mukai)
- March 9, 2012- “Archiving the Past for the Future” (Koji Mukai)
- August 15, 2011- “Paying Tribute to the Scientists of the 16th & 17th Centuries” (Koji Mukai)
- March 25, 2011- “Astronomical Eye Candy” (Koji Mukai)
- February 11, 2011- “Even Spherical Cows Have Udders” (Koji Mukai)
- December 10, 2010 – “The Mystery of Hanny’s Voorwerp” (Koji Mukai)
- November 12, 2010 – “But That’s Midnight to You” (Kevin Boyce)
- August 27, 2010 – “JWST @ NYC, and art mysteries solved!” (Amber Straughn)
- August 25, 2010 – “Clear Skies in La Palma” (Koji Mukai)
- August 6, 2010 – “Looking to Lani in Hawaii” (Amber Straughn)
- July 31, 2010 – “Pilgrimage to Greenwich” (Jim Lochner)
Faith’s Blogs
- August 26, 2011 – “A Sight for Sore (Spaceflight) Eyes”
- August 19, 2011 – “Extraterrestrial Fun from Home”
- July 22, 2011 – “Sunsets, Scattering, and Similes”
- July 12, 2011 – “STS-135: All Systems Go!”
- July 8, 2011 – “Special Space Shuttle Awesomeness Round-Up”
- July 6, 2011 – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Thermonuclear Power Plant”
- June 23, 2011 – “Beauty is in the Ear of the Beholder”
- October 6, 2010 – “Protons, Quarks and Hadrons, Oh My!”
- August 11, 2010 – “How to Kill a Dinosaur From Space”
- July 28, 2010 – “If you only see one petrified middle finger in your life…”
- July 16, 2010 – “Exoplanets, Swiss Style”
- June 30, 2010 – “Megaliths? Megacool.”
- June 18, 2010 – “Annus Mirabilis”
Try It At Home!
- January 22, 2013 – “Turning Sound Into Light”
- September 13, 2012 – “Life Cycle of a Massive Star activity”
- July 18, 2012 – “Build-It-Yourself: Satellite launches!”
- February 2, 2012 – “Cosmic Times”
- January 13, 2012 – “Scope It Out game”
- January 6, 2012 – “The RXTE Learning Center”
- December 19, 2011 – Cosmic Distance Scale
- October 5, 2011 – “Turning Light Into Sound”
- September 23, 2011 – “X-ray Data: Light curves, Spectra & Images Activity”
Blueshift Ponders…
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