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Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change
Artist concept of Earth and the sun. Credit: NASA
The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation shifts through the year. Since the Industrial Revolution, however, new forces have begun to exert significant influence on Earth's climate.
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Saturn Does the Wave in its Atmosphere
Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.
The discovery of the wave pattern is the result of a 22-year campaign observing Saturn from Earth (the longest study of temperature outside Earth ever recorded), and the Cassini spacecraft's observations of temperature changes in the giant planet's atmosphere over time.
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Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO!
Artist concept of LRO. Credit: NASA NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.
The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the moon for years to come. Participants can submit their information, print a certificate and have their name entered into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.
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Artist concept of Earth and the sun. Credit: NASAThe sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation shifts through the year. Since the Industrial Revolution, however, new forces have begun to exert significant influence on Earth's climate.
> Read more
Saturn Does the Wave in its Atmosphere
Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.
The discovery of the wave pattern is the result of a 22-year campaign observing Saturn from Earth (the longest study of temperature outside Earth ever recorded), and the Cassini spacecraft's observations of temperature changes in the giant planet's atmosphere over time. > Read more
Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO!
Artist concept of LRO. Credit: NASA NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the moon for years to come. Participants can submit their information, print a certificate and have their name entered into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.
> Read more
> View the 30-second trailer video
> View the one-minute trailer video
News Archive
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Striking a Balance with Climate Change
The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate.
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Saturn Does the Wave in Its Atmosphere
Scientists have discovered a wave pattern in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.
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Visionary 'NASA Exploration Experience' Exhibit to Tour Connecticut May 14 - June 4
America’s plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Connecticut for three weeks beginning May 14.
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NASA Goddard and Howard B. Owens Science Center Celebrate Partnership That Inspires Prince George's Students
Goddard and the Howard B. Owens Science Center will celebrate a first year partnership created to inspire and educate students in the study of Earth science.
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Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO!
NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Goddard on WETA
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Lights, Camera, Action! →
Visit WETA's Web site to watch a 30-minute documentary on NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Going on at Goddard
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Goddard View showcases people and achievements at Goddard that contribute to transforming human understanding of Earth and space through innovation, exploration and discovery.
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Hi-Def Video
View, download and order high-definition video and animations from the Goddard Space Flight Center.
In-Depth Feature Series
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Return to Hubble
A monthly column about NASA's return to the Hubble Space Telescope, and Goddard's roles in making Servicing Mission 4 a reality.
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Destination: Moon
Learn all about NASA's journey back to the moon by reading this four-part series, authored by Goddard's Dr. Paul Lowman.