Gorgeous new images of James Webb Space Telescope hardware being readied for testing.
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 13, 2012
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These brand-new photos show a critical piece of James Webb Space Telescope hardware being hoisted with a crane into NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s giant thermal vacuum chamber (called the Space Environment Simulator, or SES) to be tested to withstand the cold temperatures of space. The hardware in question is … Continue Reading →
A talk with Scott London, property master for The Big Bang Theory
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 10, 2012
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You might have read my recent blog post about our visit to a taping of The Big Bang Theory and our chat with Ann Shea, the set decorator. We also snagged a few minutes with Scott London, the show’s property master. Since we’re not Hollywood insiders, we had a lot … Continue Reading →
A chat with Ann Shea, Set Decorator for The Big Bang Theory
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 5, 2012
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Sara and I were fortunate enough to be guests at a recent taping of The Big Bang Theory. Before the show, we had the chance to chat with Ann Shea, the set decorator, and Scott London, the property master. They were both very nice and very generous with their time, … Continue Reading →
Try It At Home: Build-It-Yourself: Satellite!
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 2, 2012
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We’re offering you, our Blueshift readers, the exclusive chance to try out a new game, where you get to be the scientist! The game allows you to build your own satellite. First choose what science your satellite will be used to study, and then decide what wavelengths, instruments and mirrors … Continue Reading →
[Maggie’s blog] Beautiful Science
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 26, 2012
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On my recent vacation to Los Angeles, I visited Huntington Gardens. It’s a gorgeous place and in addition to gardens, it has several museums. I was very excited to see their permanent exhibit of old and rare science books. The exhibit is called “Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World” … Continue Reading →
Archiving the Past for the Future
- By Koji Mukai
- March 9, 2012
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There is a group here at Goddard is called the HEASARC – High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center. This is where we keep data from old and new satellites. Even though every new satellite is an improvement over the last in one way or another, it is important to … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 3/5/2012
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 5, 2012
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Credit: NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis), and A. Mahdavi (San Francisco State University) Astronomers have observed what appears to be a clump of dark matter left behind from a wreck between massive clusters of galaxies. The result could challenge current theories about dark matter. The … Continue Reading →
Try It At Home: Cosmic Times
- By Barb Mattson
- February 22, 2012
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Extra! Extra! Read All About the Universe! The Universe is expanding faster and faster and faster! But, how do we know that? Our current knowledge of the Universe is built upon a foundation of research done by previous generations of scientists. Sometimes it seems that science moves slowly, but when … Continue Reading →
Working at a NASA Tweet-up
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 15, 2012
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I had the fortune to be invited last minute to the Tweet-up with Astronaut Ron Garan at NASA Headquarters yesterday, in the place of a co-worker who couldn’t go. And then last minute, I got drafted to actually help out! Sara and I have been to several tweet-ups, but this … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 2/13/2012
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 13, 2012
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Credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium This beautiful, infrared image shows a new view of the Eagle nebula captured by the European Herschel Space Observatory. In 1995, Hubble famously captured a visble-light image of the “Pillars of Creation,” a region of star-formation. That image is below – in the … Continue Reading →
