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NASA | GLASTcast | Special Edition: Launching a Spacecraft
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany,...
Bedtime History
Galileo Galilei, the Father of Science
Galileo Galilei is known as the “father of modern science.” Fascinated by gravity, motion, and the movement of heavenly bodies, Galileo’s work influences how we understand our own world and the solar system. His contributions include...
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NASA confirms 5,000 Planets – and Counting
Using powerful telescopes, in space and on the ground, astronomers have now confirmed more than 5,000 exoplanets – planets beyond our solar system. But it’s just a fraction of the likely hundreds of billions of such planets in our Milky...
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NASA | Update: Hubble SM4 Flight Day 7
The Space Operations Control Center, also known as the STOCC, is responsible 24/7, 365 days a year for monitoring all Hubble systems and facilitating all of the telescope's science observations. Two teams of flight controllers designated...
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Hubble Inspires Our Inner Explorer
Humanity's drive to explore led to one of the most iconic exploration machines of all time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This video was edited by summer interns at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight...
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International Observe the Moon Night Trailer
International Observe the Moon Night is a worldwide celebration of lunar science and exploration, celestial observation, and our cultural and personal connections to the Moon. One day each year, everyone on Earth is invited to observe,...
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2 Minutes, 6 Hands, 1 Chance
A team of three scientists have two minutes to complete an experiment during the 2017 total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein Music credit: Patisserie Pressure by Benjamin James Parsons
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Telescopes: Time Machines into the Distant Past
This video explains how telescopes can act as time machines, allowing us to see objects in space as they appeared millions of years ago. By measuring distances in light years and understanding the speed of light, scientists can observe...
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NASA | Goddard Spring Interns 2012
Ever wonder what it's like to be part of a NASA team? Well, three student interns have been given the opportunity of a lifetime. They were asked to create a major component for the Balloon Experimental Twin Telescope for Infrared...
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How The Visually Impaired Experience Hubble Images
The Hubble Space Telescope is well known for its incredible images. But what of those among us who are visually impaired? To help spread awareness as a part of World Sight Day, this video is meant to share the importance of different...
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Hubble's Scary New Halloween Image
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky Way’s own...
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Hubble Spotted Something 'Scary'
A hypnotizing vortex? A peek into a witch’s cauldron? A giant space-spider web? In reality, it’s a look at the red giant star CW Leonis as photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — just in time for celebrating Halloween with creepy...
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Precision & Design: Making Blankets for Hubble
NASA’s Thermal Blanket Lab is a vital part of ensuring that the important equipment that we send into space remains protected from getting either too hot or too cold. Paula Cain is one of the talented thermal blanket technicians who uses...
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Sonification of Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014)
This sonification of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014) image plays a note for each galaxy when it emitted the light captured in this image. The farther away the galaxy is, the longer its light has traveled before reaching the Hubble...
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New Hubble Video Miniseries Goes Behind the Scenes of Our 'Eye in the Sky'
A new video miniseries explores the intricate world of operating the Hubble Space Telescope. In Hubble – Eye in the Sky, viewers get an inside look at the challenges of operating the telescope, along with an understanding of the...
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NASA | Update: Hubble SM4 Flight Day 8
The Space Operations Control Center, also known as the STOCC, is responsible 24/7, 365 days a year for monitoring all Hubble systems and facilitating all of the telescope's science observations. Two teams of flight controllers designated...
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NASA | Update: Hubble SM4 Flight Day 6
The Space Operations Control Center, also known as the STOCC, is responsible 24/7, 365 days a year for monitoring all Hubble systems and facilitating all of the telescope's science observations. Two teams of flight controllers designated...
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Fine-Tuning the James Webb Space Telescope on This Week @NASA – February 11, 2022
Fine-tuning the James Webb Space Telescope, a different view of Venus, and the science on an upcoming space station resupply mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Producer: Andre Valentine Editor: Sonnet...
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Sonification of NGC 2392
About 5,000 light-years from Earth, the stunning nebula NGC 2392 formed after the demise of a star like our Sun. In this sonification, the image is scanned clockwise like a radar. The radius is mapped to pitch, so light farther from the...
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NASA | GLAST Prelude for Brass Quintet, Op.12
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institiutions and partners in France, Germany,...
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Hubble’s 30th Year in Orbit
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two stunning nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to uncover the...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Kaleidoscope | POEM
Kaleidoscope | POEM | From ‘Centrally Heated Knickers’ (Puffin).
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Sonification of NGC 1300
The majestic spiral galaxy NGC 1300’s arms hold blue clusters of young stars, pink clouds of star formation, and dark lanes of dust. To represent this image with sound, scientists assigned louder volume to brighter light. Light farther...
The Guardian
The Hawaiian dome where Nasa prepares humanity for life on Mars
Water has been found on Mars – but if the red planet can support life, what will it be like for any humans who go there? Six future crew members of a possible Nasa mission spend up to 12 months in confinement in a Mars-like landscape in...