Awesomeness Round-up – 4/26/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- April 26, 2011
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Happy 21st anniversary, Hubble! To celebrate this milestone, the telescope was pointed at a lovely pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273. The shape (which reminds some of a rose) is due to the gravitational tidal pull between the pair, which is distorting the disk of the larger galaxy. It’s … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 4/11/11
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 11, 2011
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Sorry we were slow with posts last week – we were swamped with preparations for the government shut-down that (thankfully) never happened. We’ve got a bunch of things in the works, but we’ll start with a link round-up. Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are huge explosions in space, and scientists think they … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 4/4/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- April 4, 2011
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In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Program, employees down at Kennedy Space Center came together for this impressive themed aerial portrait. I’m not sure what image we would pick at Goddard, since the research here is so diverse! Any ideas? Post them in the comments! There’s … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 3/21/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- March 21, 2011
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Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls No, it didn’t wear a cape or shoot lasers, but Saturday’s “supermoon” was a bit bigger and brighter than most full Moons due to its slightly decreased distance from Earth. It was blocked by clouds in some areas, but if you got a clear view – wasn’t … 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 →
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 →
Awesomeness Round-up – 1/31/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- January 31, 2011
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Credit: NASA/GSFC/Debbie Mccallum I know that I kicked off last week’s round-up with a snow picture, but look! We got another six inches! Here’s the real NASA connection, though… imagery of the storm from the MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite. Credit: NASA Goddard/MODIS Rapid Response Team
Awesomeness Round-up – 11/29/10
- By Maggie Masetti
- November 29, 2010
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Two colliding spiral galaxies triggered a burst of star formation called a “starburst” (not like the candy). This one is the brightest ever seen away from the center of a galaxy merger. This image of these two galaxies (which are collectively known as II Zw 096) is a combination of … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 11/8/10
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 8, 2010
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This past week marked a major milestone in mankind’s exploration and understanding of comets – the EPOXI mission flew just 700 km from the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 and snapped some amazing images! This close pass will give researchers incredible new insight into the structure of comets. As we … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 11/1/10
- By Sara Mitchell
- November 1, 2010
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Last week was apparently a great week for astronomy – the shared file where Maggie and I gather all of the images, videos, and stories that we see all week was absolutely overflowing with possible content for today’s round-up! So we’ve distilled it to the best of the best, and … Continue Reading →
