JWST @ SXSW, part 3
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 14, 2013
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Sorry for the delay with part 3 of my coverage of the James Webb Space Telescope at South by Southwest – things were super busy on Sunday – it was a long day starting with a NASA Social and ending with a Guinness World Record – and then it was … Continue Reading →
JWST @ SXSW, part 2
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 9, 2013
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Despite posting my blog pretty late last night, there are still a few things I want to share with you from Friday at South by Southwest. The NASA tent was busy til 10:30 PM last night – and would have been still going til midnight if the weather had cooperated … Continue Reading →
JWST @ SXSW
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 8, 2013
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The big event is here – South by Southwest. It’s a giant music, film, and tech festival that runs for 2 weeks in Austin, TX. And this year, NASA is at SXSW! Right next to the Interactive Festival, is a big NASA tent and… the full-scale model of the James … Continue Reading →
The Life of a Grad Student at NASA
- By Korey Haynes
- March 7, 2013
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I’m Korey Haynes, a graduate student doing research here at Goddard for my PhD thesis. What does a graduate student do at Goddard? Until recently, I spent about half my time taking classes and working on schoolwork, and the rest of the time conducting research here with my adviser. Now … Continue Reading →
JWST is coming to South by Southwest!
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 4, 2013
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That’s right! During the South by Southwest Gaming Expo from March 8 to 10, 2013, Austin will be home to the full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope. The model does not often make appearances, and as it is the length of a tennis court and four stories tall, … Continue Reading →
Try on a pair of NuSTARs!
- By Daniel Wik
- February 26, 2013
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Sara’s note: Please join us in welcoming our newest guest blogger, Dr. Dan Wik! You might have heard our interview with Dan in our podcast NASA’s Newest X-Ray Eyes, and we’re excited to get more behind-the-scenes coverage of NuSTAR and Dan’s research in his blog posts. Imagine you are usually … Continue Reading →
A Look into the Building Blocks of Life
- By Brian Williams
- February 22, 2013
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Maggie’s note: Please welcome a new guest blogger, astronomer Brian Williams! Most of the stars in the universe will, like our Sun, live steadily for billions of years before ending in relative serenity. However, a select few will go out in a blaze of glory called a supernova, the explosion … Continue Reading →
A Blast from the Past
- By Sara Mitchell
- February 15, 2013
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The past few weeks have seen the release of several fantastic space-themed videos. You may have seen them as they made the rounds on Twitter or Tumblr, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight three that take a nostalgic look back at NASA’s missions and personnel in the … Continue Reading →
Andromeda in the Infrared
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 11, 2013
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Check out this gorgeous new image of the Andromeda Galaxy taken by the European Space Agency’s Herschel space observatory in the far-infrared. This new view shows cool lanes of forming stars in fine detail. Credit: ESA The news release says, Sensitive to the far-infrared light from cool dust mixed in … Continue Reading →
Teaming Up with Hubble to Create Beauty
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 7, 2013
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Capturing the beauty of this galaxy took a team of people – and to understand the galaxy takes a team of missions. This gorgeous image of galaxy M106 was created by renowned astro-photographer Robert Gendler, who retrieved archival Hubble images to assemble a mosaic of the center of the galaxy. … Continue Reading →
