Awesomeness Round-up – 3/7/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- March 7, 2011
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Credit: NASA/GSFC/Bill Hrybyk Meet “Harry,” a bald eagle recently spotted here at NASA Goddard! Geeked on Goddard has a few more photos, as well as some information about bald eagles in Maryland. While we’re usually talking about the space exploration and research going on here, it’s also worth mentioning that … Continue Reading →
Discovery’s Last Hurrah
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 2, 2011
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On February 24, 2011 the space shuttle had a successful launch – it also happened to be Discovery’s last flight. It was actually coincidental that I was in Florida on the day of the launch. My friends and I had made plans ages ago for the Disney Princess half-marathon. Some … Continue Reading →
Fly By a Space Telescope
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 25, 2011
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Ever wish you could virtually fly-by a space telescope, and then reach out and give it a good spin? Well, now you can! There’s a brand new 3D interactive model of the James Webb Space Telescope that will allow you to move it around and explore all of its different … Continue Reading →
Contest: NASA Bandz – check out our winners!
- By Barb Mattson
- February 23, 2011
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Last week, we joined forces with some other NASA social media folks and gave our followers the opportunity to win some rare “NASA Bandz” that we just got our hands on. Apparently they were a hot giveaway item at the recent American Astronomical Society meeting – I guess you’re never … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 2/22/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- February 22, 2011
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Due to the one-two punch of a federal holiday and a bit of wintry weather that caused NASA Goddard to open a few hours late today, here’s a belated awesomeness round-up! Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Bill Hrybyk One year ago, I had just returned to Goddard from an epic adventure … Continue Reading →
Meet the Press
- By Sara Mitchell
- February 18, 2011
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Some things seem very simple when you just see the end product… but behind the scenes, it can be a very different story. When Maggie was covering the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle a few weeks ago, she stopped in to catch one of the press conferences. It was … Continue Reading →
“Always Keep Your Sense of Wonder”
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 16, 2011
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Last year I did an interview with Sharon Bowers, the teacher the James Webb Space Telescope is collaborating with on an educational engineering design challenge called “RealWorld-InWorld”. Part of this challenge (the real world part) takes place in the classroom – but the other part happens in a virtual world … Continue Reading →
Happy Valentine’s Day!
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 14, 2011
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Here are a few pretty astronomical images that are Valentine themed! This image shows a ring… of black holes! Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/S.Rappaport et al, Optical: NASA/STScI This object is known as Arp 147 – it’s actually a pair of interacting galaxies, a spiral one on the right, that collided with … Continue Reading →
Contest: 5 days, 5 ways to win NASA Bandz!
- By Barb Mattson
- February 14, 2011
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If you haven’t seen the shaped-rubber-band craze, then you either: 1) live in a cave, 2) don’t have kids, or 3) haven’t seen a kid in the past year. As it turns out, our Division has obtained some NASA Bandz to commemorate some of the missions within NASA’s Physics of … Continue Reading →
Even Spherical Cows Have Udders
- By Koji Mukai
- February 11, 2011
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In astrophysics, we often use the term “standard candle.” It is a highly useful, yet also very dangerous, term. The danger is that outsiders – the press, the general public, and even some scientists who are not intimately familiar with this particular subject – see this term and take it … Continue Reading →
