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Podcast: Looking Back to the Future

Podcast: Looking Back to the Future

  • By Maggie Masetti
  • December 16, 2009
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Click to listen! (6.8MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) We’re looking to the future here at NASA Goddard, with the construction of our new Exploration Sciences Building. To celebrate the occasion, we’re preparing to seal a time capsule that won’t be opened until the year 2059. In this … Continue Reading →


Podcast: The Music of Science

Podcast: The Music of Science

Click to listen! (6.7MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) The evening of November 2, 2009 was the world premiere of “Cosmic Reflection,” an orchestral composition inspired by one of NASA’s satellites, in Washington, DC. This opus began as a simple prelude inspired by (and performed by a brass … Continue Reading →


Podcast: Dust in the Wind

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: Astrophysical Activity: The Building 2 Chronicle

  • By Maggie Masetti
  • October 30, 2009
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Welcome to a special Halloween episode of Blueshift! It’s a time of transition here at Goddard Space Flight Center – a new Exploration Sciences Building has just been completed and the Blueshift team is on the move. For the past 50 years, Goddard’s Building 2 has been the home of … Continue Reading →


Podcast: And the Award Goes to…

Podcast: And the Award Goes to…

Click to listen! (6.3MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) For scientists, winning the Nobel Prize is a lot like winning an Oscar. Winning one comes with prestige and recognition, both from inside and outside of the science community. There are many other prizes and awards in science that … Continue Reading →


Podcast: John Grunsfeld: Astronaut and Astronomer

This summer, the world was watching as seven astronauts visited the Hubble Space Telescope and did the first ever on-orbit repairs in space. This fifth and final Shuttle mission to service Hubble has equipped the telescope with cutting-edge technology and extended its mission lifespan for several additional years. Here at … Continue Reading →


Podcast: Swift Sees Andromeda in a New Light

Podcast: Swift Sees Andromeda in a New Light

Click to listen! (6.3MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) There’s more to the universe than meets the eye – or at least our eyes, which can only detect the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. We can see just a small fraction of the light emitted by the … Continue Reading →


Podcast: The Science of Pretty Pictures

  • By Maggie Masetti
  • August 31, 2009
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Earlier this summer, Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather told us that data are beautiful when they have meaning.  Astronomical images communicate information about the way the Universe works and how we know what we know.  But can a pretty picture be just as lovely even if you don’t know what … Continue Reading →


Podcast: Making Hubble’s Great Orion Mosaic

Podcast: Making Hubble’s Great Orion Mosaic

  • By Maggie Masetti
  • August 14, 2009
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Click to listen! (7.5MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) The Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its beautiful images of celestial objects – from planets in our own Solar System to far away galaxies. The Orion Nebula (known to astronomers as Messier object 42, or M42) is a … Continue Reading →


Podcast: Summer's Scientists

Podcast: Summer’s Scientists

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 →


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