Satellite image of swirls in the waters off France in Bay of Biscay
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Swirls in the Waters off France

05.17.2013

Springtime has brought a substantial and long-lasting bloom of phytoplankton in the Bay of Biscay, off the western coast of France.

  • image of Martian soil, scooped

    One Giant Scoop for Mankind

    11.01.2012

    This image shows a "bite mark" where NASA's Curiosity rover scooped up some Martian soil. Enhanced color in this image shows the Martian scene as it would appear under lighting conditions on Earth.

  • GALEX image of spiral galaxy

    Largest Known Spiral Galaxy

    02.14.2013

    The giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is 522,000 light-years across from the tip of one outstretched arm to the tip of the other, making it about 5 times the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

  • STEREO image of eruptive prominence

    Bright Prominence Eruption

    12.27.2012

    The Sun blows a robust prominence out into space on December 10, 2012

Goddard Tweets

What's happening

  • 19 MAY 2013 Sunday Experiment Activities for the family showcasing Goddard's science and engineering research and technological developments.

  • 2 JUN 2013 Model Rocket Launches
    Like to build model rockets, but don't have a launch pad? Now you do! Come to Goddard — no fees to participate!

MESSENGER Activities, Animations and Movies

A variety of animations, simulations, movies, and activities related to the MESSENGER mission, Mercury, and comparing Mercury to other planets in the Solar System.

Universal Chaos

Words from the Universe are in there... somewhere! Can you find them?

Goddard Internship Video

Goddard Senior Intern Grace Montalvo produced this video about internships at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., during her time at the center in summer 2012.

Visualization Explorer

This is the NASA Visualization Explorer—the coolest way to get stories about NASA's exploration of the Earth, sun, moon, planets and universe delivered right to your iPad.
                                                                                                                                                                                         
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