Try It At Home: Turning Light Into Sound
- By Sara Mitchell
- October 5, 2011
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Ever had a remote control that didn’t seem to work, and wondered if it was the remote control itself or just dead batteries? Well, thanks to the power of the electromagnetic spectrum (the fancy scientific name for all wavelengths of light, including ones our eyes can’t see), you can build … Continue Reading →
Try It At Home: X-ray Data: Light curves, Spectra & Images Activity
- By Maggie Masetti
- September 23, 2011
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Here at the Astrophysics Science Division, we have a large group that studies X-ray astronomy. X-ray astronomy doesn’t get as much press as observations from telescopes like the Hubble, but nevertheless is a very valuable tool for understanding how the universe works. In this blog entry we’ll talk about how … Continue Reading →
Try It At Home: Build your own satellite (paper model)!
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 18, 2011
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One of the things we do a lot of at NASA Goddard is build satellites. Many, many missions have come through here to be either constructed, or tested, or both! But did you know that you can build your own versions of many of these missions? Ok, maybe they won’t … Continue Reading →
