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NASA | The Women of Astronomy

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Space science research institutions have traditionally been populated by a strong male workforce, but this structure is rapidly changing. Todays workforce is much more diverse with individuals from various cultures and backgrounds, a...
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NASA | Afterschool Universe: Stellar Fusion Demonstration

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Afterschool Universe is an out-of-school-time astronomy program for middle school students that explores basic astronomy concepts through engaging hands-on activities and then takes participants on a journey through the Universe beyond...
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HIRMES: SOFIA's latest high-resolution Mid-infrared Spectrometer

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A team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is developing a new, third-generation facility science instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. The High Resolution Mid-InfrarEd...
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NASA | Einstein's Cosmic Speed Limit

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This version of the film is missing a shot. In its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has mapped the entire sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity in gamma-rays, the highest-energy form of light....
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NASA | CATS in Space Keep Eyes on Atmosphere

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NASA Goddard is preparing to demonstrate for the fist time in space, a 3-wavelength, laser remote sensing instrument. The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System or CATS will measure clouds and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. This...
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NASA Goddard Hosts 'STEM Girls Night In'

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The 2018 "STEM Girls Night In," held Nov. 2-3, 2018, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, had about 40 young participants who designed and built Mars rover models, spoke with astronaut Jeanette Epps and supported...
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NASA | The Global Hawk Eyes for Science

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NASA pilots and flight engineers, together with colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk aircraft over the Pacific Ocean. The...
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NASA | Earth Science Week: Melting Ice, Rising Seas

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"Melting Ice, Rising Seas" is Episode 5 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. Much of the world's...
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NASA | Dynamic Earth

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This was the version submitted to the 2013 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. For the original version, with a narration by Liam Neeson, go here: Watch Earth's magnetic shield protect the planet from a pelting by the solar...
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NASA | Fermi Provides New Insights on Dark Matter

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There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is manifest in the orbital speeds of stars around galaxies and in the motions of...
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NASA | ARTEMIS Orbits Magnetic Moon

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Launched in 2007, NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have now successfully completed their 2 year mission to determine the cause of geomagnetic substorms. Because they are continuing to work perfectly, NASA is re-directing the outermost two...
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12th Annual Goddard Film Festival

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This year’s 12th Annual Goddard Film Festival will highlight Goddard’s achievements over the past year in astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science. Highlights include recent and upcoming missions such as the Nancy...
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NASA | Fermi Finds Radio Bursts from Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes

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Lightning in the clouds is directly linked to events that produce some of the highest-energy light naturally made on Earth: terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs). An instrument aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was recently...
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NASA | Best of "Earth As Art" -- Top Five

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Counting down the Top Five Earth As Art images, as voted on by the public. Landsat has been collecting data of the Earth's surface since 1972. Some of the images are visually striking, and they have been selected for the "Earth As Art"...
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IBEX: Exploring The Edge Of Our Solar System

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This video explains the way IBEX will create a global map of the boundaries of our solar system. The two Voyager spacecraft launched in the 1970s gave data for two points on the map, but by using energetic neutral atoms, IBEX images the...
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Fossils of Planet Formation: Lucy Mission Teaser

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Beyond the asteroid belt are "fossils of planet formation" known as the Trojan asteroids. These primitive bodies share Jupiter's orbit in two vast swarms, and may hold clues to the formation and evolution of our solar system. Now, NASA...
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NASA | SMAP Radiometer versus Radio Frequency Interference

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The microwave radiometer on NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite was designed and built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Along with the microwave radar, data from the radiometer will be used to calculate the water...
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NASA | SDO Catches Surf Waves on the Sun

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Scientists have spotted the iconic surfer's wave rolling through the atmosphere of the sun. This makes for more than just a nice photo-op: the waves hold clues as to how energy moves through that atmosphere, known as the corona.
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NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 2

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Episode two reveals why a space-based perspective is crucial to understanding how the food supply is distributed around the world. Satellites can reveal how many fields have been planted and how a crop is growing, providing a way to...
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NASA | Carbon in the Ocean

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Jeremy Werdell is studying how microscopic plankton in the oceans are responding to our changing climate. As a scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, he knows that Earth's oceans and land cover have been doing us a favor. As...
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The Search for Life

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Are we alone in the universe? This is a fundamental question that intrigues us all. On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a presentation on the agency’s...
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Women of Goddard - Awareness to Action

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The Equal Opportunity Program Office and the Women of Goddard Advisory Committee, or WAC, are launching a year-long campaign for fiscal year 2017. The initiative has several goals including providing awareness and visibility to Goddard's...
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NASA | Taking Earth's Temperature

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Next month, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to negotiate a new global climate treaty. In anticipation of this event, NASA has compiled a multimedia resource collection for editors...
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NASA | Exploring the Inner Solar System (Part 1/6)

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Chief Scientist of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Jim Garvin, takes us on a journey to Mercury, Venus, Earth, the moon, near-Earth objects, and Mars. Why does space matter? Why is exploring the inner solar system so crucial?...