Spooky Astronomy, part 3
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 26, 2012
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Another Halloween is upon us again and that means it’s time for some more… [spooky voice] Haunted Astronomical Imagery! But first I wanted to do a quick plug for our 2nd Annual Halloween Science Costume Contest!. Check out this blog for details on how to enter! Now, back to our … Continue Reading →
A Mirror Milestone, part 2
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 23, 2012
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I recently blogged about the first two flight primary mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope arriving at NASA Goddard. I have new pics to share, that show the mirror segments being inspected after their arrival. I really do think these golden mirrors are beautiful!
Contest: Our 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Contest
- By admin
- October 19, 2012
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Last year’s winner: Yuruany Arrieta as the Hubble Space Telescope That’s right, it’s back by popular demand! Send us a photo of your space, astronomy, physics, or science-based costume! We’ll choose our three favorites and award a NASA prize pack to the winners! Submit your photo to: blueshift @ bigbang … Continue Reading →
Brightest
- By Alexe Helmke
- October 16, 2012
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Welcome back to the -EST Blog! This is where we explore some of the astronomical superlatives that go the extra distance to make our universe so interesting. This time, I’ll be trying to tackle one of the brightest objects that we can see. We’re going to talk about Active Galactic … Continue Reading →
Want to see a talk by Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather?
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 5, 2012
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Dr. John Mather is NASA’s resident Nobel Laureate and he’s currently a project scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope. If you’d like to learn more about JWST and why it is being engineered the way it is, then tune into his talk on Tuesday October 9th at 1pm EDT … Continue Reading →
A Scientist’s Approach to Science Fiction
- By Maggie Masetti
- October 3, 2012
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Meet Alan Smale – he’s currently the director of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (we know that’s a mouthful and just call it the HEASARC) which is a part of the Astrophysics Science Division here at NASA Goddard, and he also performs research on black holes. He … Continue Reading →
A Mirror Milestone
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 28, 2012
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The James Webb Space Telescope, the scientific successor to the Hubble, will be the most powerful space telescope yet! This is partly due to Webb’s enormous primary mirror, which will have 18 segments that will work together as one. The flight primary mirror segments were recently completed, which means they … Continue Reading →
Infrared: Beyond the Visible
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 26, 2012
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As many of you know, aside from Blueshift, I work on the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be the successor the Hubble Space Telescope. It’s not a replacement, partly because Hubble isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, but also because the Webb is primarily an infrared telescope. Astronomers use something … Continue Reading →
Ask a Nobel Laureate about James Webb Space Telescope science!
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 24, 2012
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Got a burning question about the science the James Webb Space Telescope will do? Because we’ve had some big news at NASA Goddard recently with JWST’s first two flight mirrors arriving to our cleanroom here, we’re celebrating! There will be a special tweet-chat Tuesday, September 25th from 2-3pm EDT with … Continue Reading →
What the Higgs are you talking about?
- By Umberto Cannella
- September 21, 2012
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It’s been a little while since the big announcement has been made: two experiments at CERN have discovered a new fundamental particle of Nature, one that very much resembles the famous Higgs Boson, also known as the God particle. A view of the ATLAS experiment at CERN: the level of … Continue Reading →
