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But That's Midnight To You

But That’s Midnight to You

It’s 1 PM, and I’m sampling the local cuisine, 7000 miles from home and 50 km from my second home outside Tokyo, hoping I can make it back before dark on my rented bicycle. Hi everybody, I’m new to Blueshift, but not new to Japan. I’ve been coming over to … Continue Reading →

Awesomeness Round-up

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 →

Awesomeness Round-up

Awesomeness Round-up – 9/6/10

You might remember when Stephen Colbert “interviewed” to become an astronaut – we linked to the segments in one of our older link roundups. NASA Johnson just released a whole bunch of images of Colbert’s visit. Here he is on the C.O.L.B.E.R.T: (Speaking of things named for Colbert, we named … Continue Reading →

RXTE, Black holes, and Pulsars - Oh My!

RXTE, Black holes, and Pulsars – Oh My!

Black holes and pulsars are two of the most mysterious (and coolest-sounding) cosmic objects – and we study both of them here at the Astrophysics Science Division. Here is Blueshift’s inside look at two recent discoveries made using data from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (which I personally like to … Continue Reading →

Awesomeness Round-up

Awesomeness Round-up – 7/5/10

Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa (uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video) Cue the vuvuzelas – NASA Goes to the World Cup! See the games from a new perspective with a slideshow of images from Earth-observing satellites of the event sites and participating countries.

In the Astrozone

Podcast: In the AstroZone

Click to listen! (8MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Wouldn’t it be exciting to do astronomy in the Amazon, surrounded by the wild plants and animals of the rainforest?  In January, visitors to the AstroZone event in Washington, DC, got to do something like that – they met … 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 →

Podcast: X-ray Vision

Podcast: X-ray Vision

Click to listen! (17MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Welcome to the June 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We’re featuring X-ray astronomy this episode – listening to black holes and learning about what it takes to build an X-ray telescope. We interviewed Jerry Bonnell, co-curator … Continue Reading →

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