Virtual Worlds for Learning Real World Engineering
- By Maggie Masetti
- December 27, 2011
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This is the James Webb Space Telescope’s second year participating with the RealWorld/InWorld Engineering Design challenge. We interviewed the teacher behind the program, Sharon Bowers, last year, so we thought we’d do a little follow-up. Here are last year’s winners and participants talking about their experience: Real World In World … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 12/22/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- December 22, 2011
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Credit: NASA/ESA/HubbleSite Looking for a space-themed way to say “Happy Holidays!” to your family and friends? How about some printable holiday cards with Hubble images? Every card features fabulous astronomical objects… and when you go to download a card, you’ll find links to articles about related Hubble discoveries! The ornaments … Continue Reading →
Try It At Home: Cosmic Distance Scale
- By Maggie Masetti
- December 19, 2011
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Have you ever wondering why we aren’t visiting the nearest stars? Or why there are no photos of our galaxy from the outside? The short answer is that the Universe is really big. So big that even the things closest to us are really far away. Here is a little … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 12/7/2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- December 6, 2011
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Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech While scientists have discovered hundreds of extrasolar planets over the past decade, finding Earth’s twin (an Earth-like planet in a similar orbit to ours around a Sun-like star) has been much more difficult. But a recent discovery by the Kepler mission has brought us one step closer – … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 11/22/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 22, 2011
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One of the newest additions to NASA Goddard is this giant structural steel frame that will be used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope. “This milestone is important as it marks the transition to the integration and testing phase for the Webb telescope’s optical … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-Up – 11/16/2011
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 16, 2011
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We start with a new Hubble result. Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, the Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation. While dwarf galaxies are the most common type of galaxy in the universe, the … Continue Reading →
Contest: Halloween Costume Contest Results
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 10, 2011
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Thanks to everyone that entered our Halloween science costume contest – we were thrilled with the response! Here are our top three winners, who will each be receiving a prize pack of NASA goodies! Yuruany Arrieta as the Hubble Space Telescope:
Awesomeness Round-Up – 11/10/2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 10, 2011
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Pulsars are fascinating stars. They’re neutron stars – objects so dense that a teaspoonful of their matter weighs as much as Mount Everest – and they emit periodic bursts of energy as they rotate, like lighthouse beacons in space. Scientists watch for the tell-tale pattern of emissions, which typically show … Continue Reading →
What’s This? #2 – The big reveal!
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 7, 2011
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Last Friday, we posted this photograph and asked our followers (on the blog, Twitter, and Facebook) to tell us what they thought they were seeing in the picture. Nearly all of the guesses were actually quite close, and a couple of people got it totally right! Maybe our clue was … Continue Reading →
What’s This? #2 – November 4, 2011
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 4, 2011
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It’s time for another installment of What’s This? Check out the photo below and try to figure out what it is! Post your guesses as comments to this post, comment on our Facebook wall, or tweet them to us with the #whatsthis hashtag. Here’s your hint – it’s best to … Continue Reading →
