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Suzaku Finds "Fossil" Fireballs from Supernovae

12.30.09 - Studies of two supernova remnants using the Japan-U.S. Suzaku observatory have revealed high-temperature fireballs that immediately followed the explosions which have retained the imprint of temperatures 10,000 times hotter than the sun's surface.
Three Finalists for Future Space Science Mission

12.29.09 - NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system.
Don't Miss the Astrozone Open House

12.29.09 - What do the National Zoo and thousands of astronomers have in common?—stardust for one. Come to the AstroZone open house on January 2, 2010, from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. EST, to find out more.
New Video Reveals Secrets of Webb Telescope's MIRI

12.29.09 - It's going to take infrared eyes to see farther back in time than even the Hubble, and that's what the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI detectors will do.
Passing of Stan Lebar

12.24.09 - Stan Lebar, who led the Westinghouse team that brought the televised news images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon to more than 500 million people on earth, died on Dec. 23, 2009.
Keck Telescopes Gaze into Young Star's 'Life Zone'

12.23.09 - Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have measured the properties of a young solar system at distances closer to the star than Venus is from our sun.
GOES- P Satellite Arrives At Kennedy

12.18.09 - GOES- P Satellite Arrives At Kennedy For Final Prelaunch Testing
NASA Names New Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration

12.18.09 - Laurie Leshin has been named the new deputy associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, effective in January.
Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light

12.17.09 - Observations from THEMIS and all-sky cameras show that disparate auroral phenomena are actually connected.
NASA Unveils Latest Results From Lunar Mission

12.15.09 - NASA is unveiling the latest results from LRO at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.
NASA's AIM Satellite and Models are Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds

12.15.09 - NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite has captured five complete polar seasons of noctilucent (NLC) or 'night-shining' clouds with an unprecedented horizontal resolution of 3 miles by 3 miles.
Soot's Role in Himalayan Warming

12.14.09 - Soot and dust collecting on the Himayalans contribute as much or more to atmospheric warming than greenhouse gases.
Goddard Employees Receive Medal for Saving Langley Colleague

12.14.09 - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver awarded Exceptional Bravery Medals to Jeff Stewart and Perry Wagner both from Goddard for saving the life of a colleague at Langley.
Suzaku Catches Retreat of a Black Hole's Disk

12.10.09 - Studies of one of the galaxy's most active black-hole binaries reveal a dramatic change that will help scientists better understand how these systems expel fast-moving particle jets.
Magnetic Power Revealed in Gamma-Ray Burst Jet

12.09.09 - A specialized camera on a telescope operated by U.K. astronomers from Liverpool has made the first measurement of magnetic fields in the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB).
Fermi Sees Brightest-Ever Blazar Flare

12.08.09 - Thanks to a series of flares that began September 15, a galaxy located billions of light-years away is now the brightest object in the gamma-ray sky.
NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Passes Major Review

12.08.09 - NASA gave GPM the green light to proceed to the mission implementation phase.
Hitch a Ride on the Glory Satellite

12.02.09 - Send your name around the Earth on the Glory satellite.
GOES-14 (O) Moving into On-Orbit Storage Around the Earth

11.30.09 - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty.
Fermi Telescope Peers Deep into Microquasar

11.26.09 - The Fermi Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3.
NASA Releases Climate Change Multimedia Resource Reel

11.24.09 - NASA has released a new multimedia climate change "resource reel" showcasing free downloadable videos, data visualizations, animations, and still images that illustrate key climate change concepts and discoveries.
Mystery of the Solar Tsunami—Solved

11.19.2009 - Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar tsunami."
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian

11.18.09 - Two key instruments from Hubble have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009.
COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary

11.17.09 - COBE, launched on Nov. 18, 1989, discovered evidence to support the Big Bang Theory and earned a Nobel Prize for scientists John Mather and George Smoot.
SDO Investigates the Sun's Cycle of Highs and Lows

11.17.09 - The sun is a magnetic variable star that fluctuates on time scales ranging from a fraction of a second to billions of years. SDO will show us the underlying physics of solar variability.
Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for Space Station

11.13.09 - Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. teamed up with engineers at NASA's Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers to design, build, and test five new ExPRESS Logistics Carriers which will be delivered to the International Space Station.
NASA Technology Spinoffs Art Contest Winner

11.13.09 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is recognizing award-winning artwork honoring NASA Spinoff technology that was used to restore the Statue of Liberty.
Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for ISS

11.13.09 - Goddard Space Flight Center engineers teamed up with the External Payloads Group at Johnson Space Center and the ISS Payload Ground Processing support team at Kennedy Space Center to create the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier (ELC). The ELC is an un-pressurized attached payload rack for the International Space Station (ISS) that provides mounting surfaces, power and command and data handling services for science experiments on the ISS.
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Popular Science Recognizes LRO in 'Best of What's New'

11.12.09 - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is cited as one of the best innovations in aviation in the December issue of Popular Science.
New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida

11.10.09 - NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images.
Satellites Tune Into a Middleweight Black Hole

11.10.09 - Astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.
Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy

11.10.09 - NASA is unveiling a new view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy, as seen by three of the agency's space-based observatories.
NASA Nobel Laureate Presents "The Story of the Universe"

11.10.09 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center presents a new interactive feature: “The Story of the Universe,” a video lecture by NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel laureate Dr. John Mather.
GOES Offers Real-Time Hurricane Alley Movies

11.09.09 - Thanks to NASA's GOES Project, individuals can now access real-time satellite data from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
PBS NOVA Program on Hubble Servicing Takes Viewers Behind the Scenes

11.05.09 - After more three years in the making, the much anticipated documentary called “Hubble’s Amazing Rescue” debuted October 13 on PBS NOVA.
NASA's Robert F. Cahalan Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society

11.03.09 - Robert F. Cahalan was recently elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays From Distant 'Star Factories'

11.02.09 - Two 'starburst' galaxies, plus a satellite of our own Milky Way galaxy, represent a new category of gamma-ray-emitting objects detected both by Fermi and ground-based observatories.
Aerosols Boost Warming Potential of Some Gases

10.29.09 - Certain gases that cause warming are so closely linked with aerosol production that the emissions of one type of pollutant can affect the quantity of the other.
New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS

10.29.09 - Using the most distant objects in the Universe to find your way home
Fermi Caps First Year With Glimpse of Space-Time

10.28.09 - In one year of operation, NASA's Fermi Telescope has seen more than 1,000 sources of gamma-rays, but it still can't unseat Einstein's theory of relativity.
Fastsat Instruments Shipped to NASA Marshall for Tests and Launch Preparation

10.26.09 - Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called "FASTSAT" have been created at one NASA center and have arrived at another for more tests to ensure they are flight ready for launch.
NASA Selects Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Lithium-Ion Battery Contractor

10.26.09 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has selected ABSL Space Products in Longmont, Colo. to provide the GPM Lithium-Ion Battery.
A Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings

10.23.09 - Once approximately every 15 years, light from the sun hits the ring particles at very low angles, giving us a three-dimensional view of the rings.
Women in Astronomy and Space Science 2009 Conference

10.22.09 - To help foster diversity and collaboration in the space sciences, NASA is sponsoring the "Women in Astronomy and Space Science 2009: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Diverse Workforce" conference.
Exploring Lightning's Impact on Pollution, Climate

10.22.09 - Every year, scientists learn something new about the inner workings of lightning.
NASA Technology Key Component of New Diagnostic Aid From DynaDx

10.20.09 - NASA technology will now be available to the medical community to help in the diagnosis and prediction of syndromes that affect the brain, such as stroke, dementia, and traumatic brain injury.
NASA Retires Pioneering Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

10.14.09 - After a rocky start and then a stellar 26-year performance, NASA's TDRS-1 is scheduled for decommissioning on Oct. 28, 2009.
NASA Celebrates Earth Science Week

10.09.09 - NASA is releasing six short videos and NASA scientists are participating in a live, educational webcast to coincide with Earth Science Week 2009.
Goddard Visualization Team Previews Lunar Impact

10.08.09 - On October 9, LCROSS, a two-ton rocket body, will slam into a crater near the moon's south pole. Goddard's scientific visualization team helped determine how the resulting debris plume will look from Earth.
NASA Scientist David S. Leckrone to Discuss "The Hubble: A New Beginning," Oct. 13

10.07.09 - For more than 19 years, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope—one of the celebrated scientific instruments of our time—has revolutionized our understanding of the universe and how it works.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is Third Lowest on Record

10.06.09 - This year's satellite measurements show the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by floating ice was the third lowest since satellite measurements were first made in 1979.
A Second Look at Apollo 11

10.01.09 - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned another image of the Apollo 11 landing site.
NASA's New Views of the Universe Exhibit Travels to the Ocean Explorium

10.01.09 - NASA’s traveling museum exhibition featuring the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, will arrive in New Bedford, Mass., early next week.
Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High

09.28.09 - Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high.
NASA Goddard's New Building Opens for Business

09.28.09 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, September 28 at 1 p.m. EDT for NASA employees to mark the opening of its newest building.
Twin Keck Telescopes Probe Dual Dust Disks

09.24.09 - Astronomers using the twin 10-meter telescopes at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have explored one of the most compact dust disks ever resolved around another star.
NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning

09.24.09 - Researchers have used NASA's ICESat to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
NASA Goddard Shoots the Moon to Track LRO

09.24.09 - The laser ranging effort to track the LRO spacecraft produces distance measurements accurate to within about four inches over nearly 250,000 miles.
Eye on Locusts: Scientists Make a Good Tool Better

09.23.09 - Locusts are normally docile creatures that prefer solitary lives. But sometimes, when patches of green begin to dot dry landscapes, something extraordinary can happen.
Lotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield to Protect Space Gear

09.23.09 - Researchers at NASA Goddard are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way a lotus plant sheds water. It could be applied to car windshields, camera lenses, and eyeglasses — almost anywhere a need exists to repel dirt.
Podcast Series Shares Harvest of NASA Advances in Agriculture

09.23.09 - A new NASA podcast series spotlights scientific advances in monitoring agricultural production and landscape changes that affect the sustainability of the world's food supply.
Engineers to Practice on Webb Telescope Simulator

09.22.09 - The huge assembly standing in Northrop Grumman's high bay looks a lot like NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, but it's an impostor.
EVE: Measuring the Sun's Hidden Variability

09.22.09 - To monitor energetic solar photons, NASA is going to launch a sensor named "EVE," short for EUV Variability Experiment, onboard SDO this winter.
Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course

09.21.09 - Google Earth – the digital globe on which computer users fly around the planet and zoom in on key features – is attracting scientists' attention and aiding public communication about carbon dioxide.
LRO Early Results Press Conference

09.17.09 - NASA showcased new images from LRO's seven instruments and provided updates about the topography of the moon's south pole during a news conference on Sept. 17, 2009.
NASA Satellite Data Show 2009 Antarctic Ozone Hole

09.16.09 - The annual ozone hole has started developing over the South Pole, and it appears that it will be comparable to ozone depletions over the past decade.
Swift's Ultraviolet Portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy

09.16.09 - In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet.
Snapshots From Space Cultivate Fans Among Farmers

09.16.09 - There is a growing group of Midwest farmers who rely on satellite imagery from Landsat to maximize their harvest and minimize damage to their fields.
Kepler and the Search for Life in Our Galaxy

09.15.09 - We are just beginning to learn about worlds beyond our solar system, so we really don't have a good idea of what the chances are for advanced life in our Galaxy. That's where the Kepler mission comes in.
James Webb Space Telescope Begins to Take Shape

09.15.09 - The Integrated Science Instrument Module structure, a major component of the James Webb Space Telescope, recently arrived for testing at Goddard's Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility.
Landsat: A Space Age Water Gauge

09.14.09 - NASA has released a video illustrating an innovative satellite-based method that maps agricultural water consumption.
Satellites Could Help Keep Hungry Populations Fed

09.15.09 - Few non-scientists have ever heard of "NDVI," but this tool will play a key part in helping us to keep food on the table as future populations swell.
NASA Releases Images from Refurbished Hubble

09.09.09 - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after astronauts refurbished it in May. These first snapshots from Hubble showcase the 19-year-old telescope's new vision.
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Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3

09.03.09 - Four months after the success of Apollo 11, NASA launched Apollo 12 in November 1969. Almost exactly 40 years later, LRO has seen the landing site.
A Tour of the Cryosphere, Take Two

09.02.09 - In 2002, NASA created a video tour of Earth's frozen regions using satellite data. This year, NASA visualizers are taking viewers on a return trip to see what's changed over the years.
What's Holding Antarctic Sea Ice Back From Melting?

09.01.09 - Even as global air and ocean temperatures march upward, the extent of the sea ice around the southern continent isn’t decreasing. In fact, it's increasing and scientists want to know why.
Satellites and Submarines Give the Skinny on Sea Ice Thickness

09.01.09 - NASA and other research scientists recently combined the high spatial coverage from satellites with a longer record from Cold War submarines to piece together a history of ice thickness that spans close to 50 years.
Warped Debris Disks Around Stars Are Blowin’ in the Wind

08.28.09 - The dust-filled disks where new planets may be forming around other stars occasionally take on some difficult-to-understand shapes.
Map Characterizes Active Lakes Below Antarctic Ice

08.25.09 - Researchers using space-based lasers have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under Antarctica's ice.
Honey Bees Turned Data Collectors Help Scientists Understand Climate Change

08.25.09 - Besides making delicious honey to enjoy on biscuits, bees have yet another role: that of climate data collectors.
NASA Expands High-End Computing System for Climate Simulation

08.24.09 - More powerful computers needed to process the sophisticated computer models used in climate forecasts are now being developed at Goddard.
NASA Releases GOES-14 Satellite Video of Hurricane Bill

08.21.09 - NASA has released a video of Hurricane Bill today from the GOES-14 satellite. The video was put together from a series of still frames taken by the satellite using both infrared and visible imagery and provides different views of Hurricane Bill on August 20.
First IR Image from Newest Weather Satellite Captures Hurricane Bill

08.20.09 - On August 17, 2009, at 1:31 p.m. EST, the latest NASA/NOAA geostationary weather satellite, called GOES-14, returned its first full-disk thermal infrared (IR) image, showing radiation with a wavelength of 10.7 micrometers emanating from Earth.
NASA Television Receives Philo T. Farnsworth Primetime Emmy Award

08.20.09 - NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
NASA's A-Train of Satellites "On Track" With Hurricane Research

08.19.09 - NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones.
First Measure of Africa's Coastal Forests

08.20.09 - NASA researchers finds that African mangrove forests are being destroyed by worsening pollution, encroaching real estate development, and deforestation.
GOES-O Releases First Solar Image

08.17.09 - GOES- 14, formerly GOES-O, has achieved another significant milestone with the release of the first formal Solar Image from the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI).
NASA Researchers Make First Discovery of Life's Building Block in Comet

08.17.09 - Discovery supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts.
Flares Responsible for Outsized Heat of Sun's Corona

08.14.09 - New observations made with instruments aboard Japan's Hinode satellite reveal the answer to why the Sun's corona is so darned hot.
Tiny Flares Responsible for Outsized Heat of Sun's Atmosphere

08.14.09 - Solar physicists at NASA have confirmed that small, sudden bursts of heat and energy, called nanoflares, cause temperatures in the thin, translucent gas of the sun's atmosphere to reach millions of degrees.
Satellites Unlock Secret of Vanishing Water in India

08.12.09 - Groundwater beneath northern India’s farms and cities has been disappearing. Hydrologists, like NASA's Matt Rodell, have been hunting for it.
First Black Holes Kept to a Strict Diet, Study Shows

08.10.09 - A new supercomputer simulation designed to track the fate of the universe's first black holes finds that they couldn't efficiently gorge themselves on nearby gas.
Avalanche! The Incredible Data Stream of SDO

08.06.09 - When NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) leaves Earth in November 2009 onboard an Atlas V rocket, the thunderous launch will trigger an avalanche...of data.
Hyperactive Galaxies in the Early Universe

08.05.09 - Fast-moving stars shed new light on how these distant galaxies, which are a fraction the size of our Milky Way, may have evolved into the full-grown galaxies seen around us today.
Goddard-Led GEMS Mission to Explore the Polarized Universe

08.05.09 - An exciting new astrophysics mission led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide a revolutionary window into the universe.
NASA Debuts 'Sentinels of the Heliosphere' Film in New Orleans

08.03.09 - The new piece from Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio could be considered for an Oscar if it does well at the SIGGRAPH exhibition the week of August 3.
NASA and NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image

07.28.09 - The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision

07.24.09 - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric debris from an object that collided with Jupiter on July 19.
Putting Plankton in Perspective, from Sea to Sky

07.24.09 - One researcher has used a decade's worth of NASA satellite data to revise old models of plankton blooms in the North Atlantic.
NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Mission Passes Major Review

07.22.09 - NASA officials have approved critical elements for the next generation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, TDRS K and TDRS L.
Oceanographer Gene Feldman Heads Home For First Time

07.21.09 - Oceanographer Gene Feldman has studied the Galapagos Islands for 25 years. This summer, he visits them for the first time.
NASA Mission Gets Closer to Solving Magnetic Reconnection Mystery

07.21.09 - NASA is designing a mission to investigate one of the most fundamental and explosive physical processes in the universe: magnetic reconnection.
NASA's 'Mr. Eclipse' Retires but Still Chases Shadows

07.20.09 - If you have ever looked up the "where," "when" or "what type" for an eclipse, you may be familiar with Fred Espenak, better known as "Mr. Eclipse."
LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites

07.17.09 - NASA's LRO spacecraft has returned images of five of the six Apollo moon landing sites.
Mystery Source of Solar Wind Heating Identified

06.10.09 - After decades of research, NASA scientists say they may have found the answer to why the solar wind is hotter than it should be: turbulence.
NASA Releases Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Video

07.16.09 - NASA released newly restored video from the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk, commemorating the Apollo 11 40th anniversary.
Engineers Learn How to Assemble 'Eye' of Telescope

07.15.09 - NASA and Northrop Grumman are training their engineers on how to handle and assemble the telescope's Optical Telescope Element, also known as the 'eye' of the telescope.
Carlos (Eastern Pacific)

07.17.09 - It's not too often that two tropical cyclones are close enough to each other to be within a satellite's view as it tracks far above the Earth, but it happened this week with Carlos and Dolores in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
NASA Awards Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor Contract

07.10.09 - NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the development of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS.
GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit and Renamed GOES-14

07.10.09 - GOES-O became GOES-14 once it reached its geosynchronous orbit on July 8, 2009.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

07.10.09 - NASA's upcoming mission to study the sun in unprecedented detail and its effects on Earth, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on July 9.
GSFC Employees Enjoy Celebrate Goddard Day

07.09.09 - On a bright, sunny July day, employees are celebrating both the challenging work and the diverse workforce that reside at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA'S Fermi Telescope Probes Dozens of Pulsars

07.03.09 - With NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars.
LRO's First Moon Images

07.02.09 - LRO has returned its first images of the lunar surface, from near the Mare Nubium region.
Nobel Prize Winner Describes How Data Turns Into Images

07.01.09 - The Blueshift podcast series, kicking off with an interview of Nobel Prize winner Dr. John Mather, offers listeners a backstage pass to Goddard's Astrophysics Science Division's groundbreaking discoveries.
NASA Debuts the 2008 Hurricane Season in On-line Video

06.29.09 - See the tracks of 2008 storms from Arthur to Paloma from birth to death.
NASA And NOAA'S GOES-O Satellite Successfully Launched

06.27.09 - GOES-O, soared into space today after a successful launch at 6:51 p.m. EDT on a Delta IV rocket.
NASA Earth System Science at 20 Years: A Public Showcase

06.24.09 - Four scientists, an artist and a former astronaut took the stage at the National Academy of Sciences, where lively discussion and music conveyed the excitement of Earth science to a public audience.
Goddard Celebrates Five Decades of Technology Spin-Offs

06.24.09 - In honor of the center’s 50th anniversary, the Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) Office hosted an evening event that commemorated Goddard research that has developed into spin-off technologies.
By the Numbers

06.23.09 - Kara Karpman used her math skills to conduct research in two NASA student opportunity programs.
NASA Awards Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreements

06.23.09 - NASA has selected five contractors to receive Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreements, which will allow the agency access to a variety of airborne research platforms.
NASA Lunar Mission Successfully Enters Moon Orbit

06.23.09 - After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon.
Release: Public Invited to Watch Launch of Next Moon Mission

06.16.09 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. invites the public to view the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission at the Goddard Visitor Center on Thursday, June 18.
Release: Media Invited to Watch Launch of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

06.16.09 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. invites reporters to view the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission at the Goddard Visitor Center on Thursday, June 18.
NASA Scientists Highlight 'Our Changing Earth' at Free Event

06.17.09 - The public is invited to a free event featuring NASA and NASA-funded scientists who will highlight "Observations of Our Changing Earth from Space," on Tuesday, June 23.
NASA Sets Coverage for Goes-O Launch on June 26

06.16.09 - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O, or GOES-O, is scheduled for a liftoff on Friday, June 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
NASA AND NOAA’S GOES-O Satellite Ready For Launch

06.16.09 - NASA is preparing for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O (GOES-O) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
European Satellites Probe a New Magnetar

06.16.09 - NASA's Swift satellite detected a rare interstellar object known as a soft gamma repeater, or SGR. The object is only the fifth confirmed SGR.
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin Tours Goddard

06.15.09 - Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin toured Goddard's Environmental Integration and Testing Facilities during his visit to the center on June 12.
Howard University Administrators Visit Goddard

06.12.09 - Howard University President Dr. Sidney Ribeau and Goddard Center Director Rob Strain met on June 10 to discuss partnerships between the two institutions.
NASA Unveils Spacebook Social Network

06.08.09 - New employees here at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center face a steep learning curve, but beginning this summer, they have a tool to help them learn their way around.
GOES-O Moves Closer to Launch With Move to Launch Pad

06.07.09 - The GOES-O spacecraft, encapsulated in the Delta IV fairing, was rolled out of the Astrotech Facility, Titusville, Fla.
NASA Goddard to Host Media Day for Solar Dynamics Observatory

06.09.09 - NASA invites reporters and producers to participate in a special media briefing and walking tour that will highlight NASA's upcoming Solar Dynamics Observatory mission.
Keck Study Sheds New Light on 'Dark' Gamma-ray Bursts

06.08.09 - An international team of astronomers today reported that most dark bursts occur in normal galaxies detectable by large, ground-based optical telescopes.
Visit from Apollo Astronaut

06.04.09 - Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on June 3 and met with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team members.
Magnetic Tornadoes Could Free Mercury's Tenuous Climate

06.02.09 - Magnetic tornadoes could form open windows in Mercury's magnetic shield, allowing the solar wind to flow through and blast atoms off the planet's surface to replenish its atmosphere.
Patti LaBelle Entertains at Goddard 50th Anniversary Dinner

06.01.09 - Singer Patti LaBelle entertained hundreds of past and present Goddard employees at a special dinner held on May 30 to mark the center's 50th anniversary.
'Maryland's Place in Space' Greatly Successful

06.01.09 - Thousands streamed into the Baltimore Convention Center on May 30 for a free expo showcasing the state's innovative work in space and technology.
Forecasters: Cooler Sea Might Dampen Hurricane Season

06.01.09 - Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What can we expect?
Thousands Attend 'Maryland's Place in Space' Event

05.30.09 - Thousands came to the "Maryland's Place in Space" event at the Baltimore Convention Center that highlighted the state's role in space exploration and technology.
'Place in Space' Event Going on Now in Baltimore

05.30.09 - A free showcase of Maryland's revolutionary work in space and technology is illuminating the Baltimore Convention Center today, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Md. Native, Astronaut Highlights Day of Space Exploration

05.28.09 - Astronaut Richard Arnold Jr. will highlight "Maryland's Place in Space," a free, family-friendly event on May 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Great Moments in GRIStory

05.28.09 - Twenty-one years ago, the balloon-borne Gamma-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (GRIS) made the first of nine trips into the stratosphere, helping astronomers catch a glimpse of the high-energy universe.
Red Glow Helps Map Ocean Plant Health

05.28.09 - Researchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants, as revealed by a unique signal detected by a NASA satellite.
Magnetic Tremors Pinpoint Epicenter of Space Storms

05.27.09 - Using data from NASA's THEMIS mission, a team of University of Alberta researchers has pinpointed the impact epicenter of an earthbound space storm as it crashes into the atmosphere.
Suzaku Snaps First Complete X-ray of a Galaxy Cluster

05.28.09 - For the first time, Suzaku has detected X-ray-emitting gas at a cluster's outskirts, where a billion-year plunge to the center begins.
NASA Takes Students on an Earth Trek

05.26.09 - Students from all over the world will gather to participate in the Odyssey of the Mind's 30th World Finals, a creative problem-solving competition, at the Iowa State University, Ames, Ia., May 27 through May 30.
EPOXI Team Develops New Method to Find Alien Oceans

05.26.09 - A 'pale blue dot' is the best picture we will get of an Earth-like extrasolar world using even the most advanced telescopes planned for the next couple decades. If we can determine that the planet has oceans of liquid water, it greatly increases the likelihood that it supports life.
Maryland's Place in Space May 30 at the Baltimore Convention Center

05.26.09 - Maryland’s revolutionary work in space and technology will be featured at the Baltimore Convention Center during a free, family event on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT.
Shuttle Returns to Earth After Hubble Mission

05.26.09 - Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew landed at 8:39 a.m. PDT Sunday, completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Shuttle Atlantis Returns After 13-Day Journey

05.24.09 - Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space.
Atlantis Return Delayed Until May 24

05.23.09 - In the hopes of still allowing Atlantis to land at the Kennedy Space Center, mission managers have elected to keep the shuttle in orbit an additional day.
Goddard Enters into Space Act Agreement for New Education Center

05.21.09 - Goddard Center Director Rob Strain signed a Space Act Agreement to help form a new state-of-the-art educational facility on or near the Goddard campus.
NASA Details Plans for Robotic Moon Missions

05.21.09 - NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor.
Refurbished Hubble Ready to Resume Exploration

05.19.09 - Thanks to the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission, the Hubble Space Telescope can continue pushing the limits of what we know about our universe for years to come.
Flight Day 8

05.18.09 - The fifth and final partnership between a space shuttle crew and the Hubble Space Telescope is in its final hours.
Flight Day 7

05.17.09 - Very early on Sunday morning, word came from functional test analysis that yesterday’s repair activities on the Advanced Camera for Surveys had achieved the prime objective of the effort—restoration of the instrument’s Wide Field Channel (WFC).
Flight Day 6

05.16.09 - The addition of a new science instrument and an unprecedented on-orbit repair of a severely under performing camera on Hubble highlighted Saturday activities aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Flight Day 5

05.15.09 - Hubble received six new gyros and one new battery module on the May 15 spacewalk. Plans for May 16 include installing a new science instrument and repairing another.
Flight Day 4

05.14.09 - With the first of the five planned spacewalks completed, two of the three top mission priorities have already been met.
Flight Day 2

05.12.09 - May 13's activities include reconfiguring the telescope's science instruments and the NSSC-1 science computer into stand-by mode, changing the shuttle’s pointing system from two-gyro mode to three-gyro mode. The aperture door on the telescope was closed at 6:22 p.m. ET on May 12.
Flight Day 3

05.13.09 - The major event on Wednesday in the Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) was Space Shuttle Atlantis’ rendezvous with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble SM4 Launch: Behind the Scenes at Goddard

05.11.09 - Employees at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center cheered and applauded as shuttle Atlantis successfully launched at 2:01:56 p.m. ET on May 11.
Share Your Thoughts on the Hubble Mission

05.11.09 - Goddard plays a critical role in the final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Read about the center's involvement and share your comments.
STEREO Spies First Major Activity of Solar Cycle 24

05.15.2009 - NASA′s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft has spotted the first major activity of the new solar cycle.
Hubble Photographs Nebula to Honor Retiring of Camera

05.11.09 - In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, a planetary nebula has been imaged as WFPC2's final "pretty picture."
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Unfolds by Animation

05.12.09 - Animators have made the "unfolding" of the James Webb Space Telescope come to life in two new videos.
Hubble to Receive James Webb Space Telescope Technology

05.08.09 - New technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing mission.
NASA Cartoon Talks to GOES-O Weather Satellite Engineer

05.13.09 - Space Place Live! features a scientist from the weather satellite launching in 2009 called "GOES-O."
"Singing" Electrons Protect and Threaten TV and GPS

05.07.09 - Electrons – the particles that carry electricity – can both protect and disrupt your satellite TV or GPS navigator with a "song".
NASA's Fermi Explores High-energy "Space Invaders"

05.04.09 - Fermi scientists revealed new details about high-energy particles implicated in a nearby cosmic mystery.
Goddard Celebrates 50 Years of Scientific Excellence

05.01.09 - Since May 1, 1959, Goddard Spaceflight Center has been at the forefront of exploration and technological achievement.
Goddard Marks 50th Anniversary

05.01.09 - NASA chartered the Goddard Space Flight Center on May 1, 1959, at the dawn of the space age. View video and images looking back on the center's five decades at Goddard's 50th anniversary Web site.
NASA Study: Climate Fuels Asian Wildfire Emissions

04.30.09 - Fires in equatorial Asia are growing more frequent and having a serious impact on the air as well as the land.
NASA’s Earth Observatory: A Decade of Imagery

04.29.09 - For the last decade, NASA's Earth Observatory has been using stunning satellite imagery to tell the story of our planet and the NASA scientists who are working to help us understand how it works.
New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record

04.28.09 - NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old.
NASA Launches James Webb Space Telescope Educational On-Line Game

04.28.09 - NASA has developed a flash on-line game about telescopes, featuring NASA's next-generation spacecraft, the James Webb Space Telescope!
SDO Spins Its Way Closer to Launch

04.28.09 - For three days, SDO sat on a slowly spinning "Miller Table" in the Spacecraft Checkout and Integration Area, a "clean room" at Goddard.
Goddard on Display at U-Md. Open House

04.27.09 - Goddard was well represented at the 11th annual Maryland Day open house at nearby University of Maryland on April 25.
Goddard Celebrates Earth Day 2009

04.23.09 - Employees at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center celebrated the center's numerous conservation efforts in recognition of Earth Day on April 22, 2009.
Radio Telescope Takes Close-ups of Fermi Galaxies

04.22.09 - An international team of astronomers has used the world’s biggest radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see.
NASA Earth Day Celebration, The Combining of Art and Science

04.20.09 - Bella Gaia, which means “beautiful Earth”, is a one-of-a-kind multimedia journey of Earth from space that has been developed by NASA's Digital Learning Network.
LRO to Help Astronauts Survive in Infinity

04.16.09 - On the moon we will develop technologies to survive in space, because the moon presents the same challenges we will encounter throughout the universe.
STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of Solar Storms

04.14.2009 - STEREO spacecraft images and in situ measurements combine to show a complete picture of CMEs that paves the way for predicting solar storms like meteorologists predict hurricanes.
Experiment May Help Forecast Deadly Cyclones

04.13.09 - NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop.
NASA Goddard to Purge Rocket-Bursting Bubbles on Ares-1

04.09.09 - Of all the things that can bring down a rocket, bubbles seem the most unlikely. The problem arises when they pop.
NASA Twin Spacecraft May Reveal Secret of Moon's Origin

04.09.09 - Two identical NASA spacecraft are preparing to enter a point in the universe that may eventually answer the question of how our moon was born.
Join STEREO and Explore Gravitational "Parking Lots" That May Hold Secret of Moon's Origin

04.09.09 - Two places on opposite sides of Earth may hold the secret to how the moon was born.
Climate Change Will Make for Uneven Ozone Recovery

04.09.09 - New research by NASA suggests the ozone layer of the future is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere.
Aerosols May Drive Significant Portion of Arctic Warming

04.08.09 - New NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since 1976 may be due to changes in tiny airborne particles.
Webb Telescope Mirror Completes Cryogenic Testing

04.08.09 - The first mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope has completed a series of cryogenic temperature tests in the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Scientists Prepare for Return to Pine Island Glacier

04.06.09 - Polar scientists believe Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier to be thinning because of warm ocean waters below.
Satellites Show Arctic Literally on Thin Ice

04.06.09 - The latest Arctic sea ice data show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing.
Space Fans Celebrate Yuri's Night at Goddard

04.06.09 - Hundreds of guests filled the Goddard Visitor Center to celebrate Yuri’s Night on Saturday, April 4.
Swift’s Comet Tally Highlighted in Observatory Webcast

04.03.09 - A montage of comet images made using NASA’s Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be.
Active Galaxies Flare and Fade in Fermi All-Sky Movie

04.03.09 - The gamma-ray sky comes alive in a movie made from Fermi Space Telescope data during its first three months of operations.
Sun Plunges to Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century

04.01.09 - The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.
Release: NASA Flies to Greenland to Extend Polar Science

03.30.09 - NASA scientists and crew embark this week on a month-long trip to Greenland, where they will use an airborne science laboratory to learn about ongoing snow and ice changes in the region.
NASA Flies to Greenland to Extend Polar Science

03.30.09 - Researchers embark this week on a month-long airborne campaign to measure ice sheet and glacier thickness.
New Instrument to Watch Sunlight Changes

03.23.09 - When NASA launches the Glory satellite, researchers will have the most accurate instrument to date for measuring solar fluctuations.
World Space Party at NASA's Goddard Celebrates Unparalleled Achievements in Space

03.19.09 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD has teamed with nonprofit Space Generation Advisory Council to host a world space party on Saturday, April 4, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. to celebrate humanity’s achievements in space and NASA Goddard’s 50th Anniversary.
Simulation Shows World Without Ozone Layer

03.18.09 - The Montreal Protocol has helped reduce contaminants responsible for damage to the ozone layer ... but what if the landmark treaty had never existed?
NASA Debuts Unique Movie on a Sphere About Frozen Earth

03.18.09 - NASA has created a unique "spherical" movie about Earth's changing ice and snow cover as captured by NASA spacecraft.
International Team Explores a Blazar

03.18.09 - An international team of astrophysicists using telescopes on the ground and in space have uncovered surprising changes in radiation emitted by an active galaxy.
NASA Scientists Find Clues to a Secret of Life

03.17.09 - Biological molecules created in space and brought to Earth by meteorite impacts may help explain why life is left-handed.
The Day the Sun Brought Darkness

03.13.09 - The Quebec Blackout was different, because this one was caused by a solar storm!
New Climate-Research Satellite One Step Closer to Orbit

03.12.09 - The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS), an advanced scientific instrument that will be launched on the Glory satellite, has successfully completed environmental testing.
New Observing Technique Turns Gray Skies Blue

03.12.09 - A new detection technique and a new satellite instrument should help ease the struggle of detecting tiny particles in the air that may affect global climate.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 100 Hours of Astronomy

03.12.09 - The public is invited to join in on the fun as NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center celebrates 100 Hours of Astronomy in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy.
Recipe for Perfect Webb Telescope Mirror

03.12.09 - The Webb Telescope's mirrors are made of a special element that will enable them to withstand the rigors of space.
NASA Invites Elementary Students and Their Families to a Special Illuminating Event on the Sun

03.11.09 - Students will discover the Sun during a series of illuminating activities. Unique beads sensitive to ultraviolet light will reveal the power of the Sun’s rays.
NASA's Fermi Telescope Reveals Best-Ever View of Gamma-Ray Sky

03.11.09 - A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos.
Fermi's Best-Ever Look at the Gamma-Ray Sky

03.11.09 - A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos.
Drought, Urbanization Contributed to Atlanta Storm

03.11.09 - Researchers have used NASA satellite data to pinpoint the cause of a 2008 tornado that struck Atlanta. It was the first twister in the city's recorded history.
Celebration of NOAA-N Prime Operations Turned Over to NOAA

03.09.09 - Once NOAA-N Prime achieved orbit and was operational, it was renamed "NOAA-19" and NASA handed over the control of the Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Realizing Yesterday's Vision, Tomorrow's Reality

03.04.09 - "Sustainable Space Exploration" is the theme for the 47th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium, to be held March 10 through 12, at the Greenbelt Marriott Hotel.
GOES-O Satellite Arrives at KSC for Final Pre-Launch Testing

03.03.09 - After arriving yesterday, the satellite was transported to Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., where final testing of the imaging system, instrumentation, communications and power systems will be performed.
Earth-Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25

03.02.09 - After 25 years of observing the Earth, Landsat 5 is still going strong -- 22 years beyond its primary mission lifetime.
First Image from NOAA-19

02.25.09 - This NOAA-19 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) image was taken in by Fred E. Piering.
Goddard Deputy Dir. Named Chairman of OCO Probe

02.25.09 - Rick Obenschain, deputy director at Goddard, will lead the investigation board for the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
NASA's Lee Feinberg Elected as a 2009 Fellow of SPIE

02.25.09 - Lee Feinberg, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. was elected as a fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
NASA Goddard Brings the Moon to Earth

02.24.09 - The television production team at Goddard shrank the moon down to a six-foot globe and put it on display in the Visitor Center.
Three NASA Goddard Scientists Receive Special Honors

02.24.09 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. is the home of many award winning scientists, and this year is no different.
2008 Was Earth's Coolest Year Since 2000

02.23.09 - The GISS analysis also showed that 2008 is the ninth warmest year since continuous instrumental records were started in 1880.
NASA's Swift Spies Comet Lulin

02.20.09 - While waiting for high-energy outbursts and cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is monitoring Comet Lulin as it closes on Earth.
NASA and Google Release CO2 Map

02.19.09 - Interactive maps that detail carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are now available on the popular Google Earth platform.
Fermi Sees Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Yet

02.19.09 - The first burst to be seen in high-res by the Fermi telescope had the greatest total energy, the fastest motions and the highest-energy initial emissions ever seen.
Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data

02.18.09 - Scientists recently found black gold bubbling up from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ocean imagery.
Always Something Brewing Year 'Round on NASA's Hurricane Web Page

02.17.09 - Hurricanes and tropical cyclones develop in various places around the world all year 'round, and NASA's Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone Web page covers them.
NASA Study Predicted Outbreak of Deadly Virus

02.13.09 - An early warning system successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa.
Four NASA Goddard Scientists Named 2009 Elected AGU Fellows

02.13.09 - Four scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. have been named Fellows of the American Geophysical Union.
LRO Ships South for Launch Prep

02.11.09 - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was loaded on a truck February 11 to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Swift, Fermi Probe Gamma-Ray Fireworks

02.10.09 - Astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away.
Webb Telescope's 'Spine' Now Being Built

02.09.09 - One piece of the James Webb Space Telescope currently being built is called the backplane. It functions as a sort of "spine" to the telescope.
NASA Day at Maryland Capital Celebrates 50 Years of Discovery

02.06.09 - Goddard employees will present an exciting day of interactive exhibits and presentations in Annapolis, Md., on February 12.
NOAA-N Prime Environmental Satellite Successfully Launched

02.06.09 - A new environmental satellite that will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world soared into space this morning after a picture-perfect launch.
NASA Satellites Capture Sea Surface Heights Around the World

02.05.09 - NASA satellites Jason-1, Topex/Poseidon, and OSTM/Jason-2 all collect data about sea surface heights around the world. Higher seas indicate warmer waters (that power storms) while lower seas indicate cooler waters (such as those in La Nina events in the eastern Pacific).
NASA's SkyView Delivers the Multiwavelength Cosmos

02.04.09 - SkyView's amazing database helps astronomers deal with the ever-increasing amount of survey data providing a single interface for accessing more than 36 surveys covering nearly 100 wavelength bands.
National Academy of Sciences Honors NASA's Neil Gehrels for Science Contributions

02.02.09 - Astrophysicist Dr. Neil Gehrels of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been awarded the Henry Draper Medal by the National Academy of Sciences, Washington.
NASA Goddard Astrophysicist Peter Serlemitsos Wins Joseph Weber Award

02.02.09 - The Joseph Weber Award for 2009 was conferred on Dr. Peter Serlemitsos in late January in recognition of his innovative contributions to X-ray detector and telescope designs that have enabled decades of scientific advances in high energy astrophysics.
Maintaining the Momentum After Fifty Years

01.28.09 - Sustainable Space Exploration is the theme of the 47th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium, which will be held March 10 -12 at the Greenbelt, Marriott Hotel.
Spitzer Sees Wild Weather on Star-Skimming Planet

01.28.09 - What would happen if the sun's light and heat were amplified a thousand times? Scientists know of one planet that experiences just such a climate extreme.
NASA Goddard to Investigate the Stormy Moon

01.28.09 - Many people think of the moon as dead, but if you look with a different pair of glasses – at the atomic level – it is very active.
NASA, NOAA Set to Launch NOAA-N Prime Satellite

01.22.09 - NASA is preparing to launch NOAA's latest polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite, called NOAA-N Prime.
Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope Exhibit Travels to University of Michigan

1.22.09 - An interactive exhibit showcasing NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes is on display at University of Michigan.
Satellites Confirm Half-Century of Antarctic Warming

01.21.09 - Once presumed to be cooling or stable, NASA scientists have recently confirmed a warming trend on the Antarctic Peninsula.
NASA/NOAA Media Briefing on Latest Polar Environmental Satellite

01.15.09 - There will be a NASA and NOAA media teleconference on Thursday, Jan. 22, to discuss the upcoming launch of the NOAA-N Prime satellite.
Mars Methane Discovery Reveals Activity on Red Planet

01.15.09 - The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is still alive, in either a biologic or geologic sense, according to scientists.
American Meteorological Society Honors NASA Climate Scientist

01.14.09 - NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen has been chosen by his peers to receive the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal.
Goddard-Hosted Program to Air on Discovery Channel

01.14.09 - Goddard played host to The Discovery Channel's "Young Scientist Challenge" program in October. That program is scheduled to air on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
NASA Science Update to Discuss Mars Atmosphere Activity

01.12.09 - NASA will hold a science update at 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 15, to discuss analysis of the Martian atmosphere that raises the possibility of life or geologic activity.
NASA Balloon Mission Tunes in to a Cosmic Radio Mystery

01.07.09 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center today announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise that booms six times louder than expected.
Fermi Unveils Dozen New Pulsars

01.06.09 - The Fermi Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and detected pulses from 18 others.
Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek at a Young Galaxy's Star Factory

01.06.09 - Astronomers have, for the first time, identified gas molecules in the host galaxy of a gamma-ray burst.
NASA's Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are Different Near and Far

01.06.09 - An ongoing X-ray survey undertaken by NASA's Swift spacecraft is revealing differences between nearby active galaxies and those located about halfway across the universe.
Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars

01.05.09 - Brown dwarfs just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA Science on Display at American Astronomical Society Meeting

01.05.09 - NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics topics during the 213th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting.