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NASA | Taking on Titan: An Interview with Carrie Anderson
When she was a little girl, Carrie Anderson dreamed of becoming an astronomer. Now, as a space scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Carrie studies the atmosphere on Titan, one of Saturn's moons and the second largest moon in...
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Hubble Makes Unexpected Dark Matter Discovery
Astronomers seem to have revealed a puzzling detail in the way dark matter behaves. They found small, dense concentrations of dark matter that bend and magnify light much more strongly than expected. Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
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Exploring Our Solar System with Dr. Amy Simon
Dr. Amy Simon has always been fascinated with space. From a young age she dreamed of lifting off in the space shuttle, just like her hero, astronaut Sally Ride. Over the years her interest in space remained, and she eventually found...
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NASA | Saturn's Record-Setting Storm
Saturn's 2010 Great White Spot storm has set a new record for largest temperature change ever recorded for a storm on Saturn. By studying the monstrous disturbance using NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers spotted a massive belch of...
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Uranus & Neptune, Gas Giants: Characteristics of Uranus and its moons
How long did it take Voyager 2 to reach Uranus? How far is Uranus to the sun? What are the layers of Uranus made of? Uranus & Neptune, Gas Giants, Part 1
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The Life Stage Series: Mental Development - The Rocket Ship Adventure
3...2...1... Blast off! Best friends Cate and Rani become astronauts for the day, shooting through space to learn about all the planets in the solar system. But wait... they’ve started to run out of fuel! Throw on your spacesuit and help...
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A Titan Discovery
NASA Goddard scientists have made an exciting discovery on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The team has definitively detected the molecule acrylonitrile in Titan's atmosphere - a finding that has astrobiological relevance. Credit: NASA’s...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is The Weather Like On Saturn?
This video is answering the question of what is the weather like on Saturn.
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Saturn's Rings Are Disappearing
Scientists from NASA Goddard have discovered that not only are Saturn's rings younger than previously thought, but also that the rings are actually disappearing at a rapid pace through a process called "ring rain." Learn more about this...
Next Animation Studio
Physics of ‘tiger stripes’ on Saturn Moon Enceladus explained
Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the ‘tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, according to a study published in Nature Astronomy.
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Goddard Team Reflects on 20 Years of Cassini
The people behind Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) reflect on their years-long experience working with their team - relationships formed, children born, challenges conquered, and their feelings as the Cassini mission...
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Lyman Spitzer: Making Space For Hubble
Seventy-five years ago, astronomer Lyman Spitzer envisioned a future for space exploration that deepened humanity’s curiosity about the cosmos. A visionary behind the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer was among the earliest astronomers...
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Ahead of its Time: Hubble’s Control Center
Dedicated on Feb. 14, 1984, at NASA Goddard’s Space Flight Center, the STOCC, or the Space Telescope Operations Control Center, operates the Hubble Space Telescope on its important mission. The Operations Team members at the STOCC...
Curated Video
I WONDER - Who Was King Of The Gods?
This video is answering the question of who was king of The Gods.
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Hubble’s Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System
From its vantage point high above Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed its annual grand tour of the outer solar system – returning crisp images that are almost as good as earlier snapshots from interplanetary...
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Hubble’s Brand New Image of Saturn
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn’s amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced in photochemical reactions driven by solar ultraviolet...
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Titan Tours
NASA Goddard interns take you on a fanciful futuristic tour of Saturn's moon - Titan. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Connor Nixon
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Hubble Uncovers Concentration of Small Black Holes
Astronomers on the hunt for an intermediate-mass black hole at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397, found something they weren’t expecting: a concentration of smaller black holes lurking there instead of one massive black hole....
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Hubble Spots Comet Near Jupiter
After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient...
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Hubble Shows Torrential Outflows from Infant Stars May Not Stop Them from Growing
Though our galaxy is an immense city of at least 200 billion stars, the details of how they formed remain largely cloaked in mystery. Scientists know that stars form from the collapse of huge hydrogen clouds that are squeezed under...
Curated Video
Power and Dispair in Goya's paintings: Asmodea, Saturn, and The Drowning Dog
The Black Paintings series by Francisco Goya is dark and haunting overall, but a few of the paintings are particularly grim. We will explore themes of war and fear, the horror of power, and helplessness as we analyze the last three...
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Brand New Hubble Observation Teaches Us More About Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous...
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Ocean Worlds: The Search for Life
Life as we know it requires three ingredients: energy, organic molecules, and liquid water. Astrobiology, our search for life beyond Earth, is a search for planets, dwarf planets, and moons that harbor substantial liquid water. We call...
Super Geek Heroes
Learn about the Solar System with Peter Planet
A fun 3D animated learning episode to support the early years development area of understanding the world. Peter Planet is a Super Geek Hero on a mission to learn. In this mission he takes off in his super space ship and discovers the...