Terra satellite image of sediment in ocean off Australian coast
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Cyclone Rusty’s Rains Stirred Up Sediment

12.04.2013

Cyclone Rusty's heavy rains created sediment filled rivers and tributaries that flowed northwest into the Southern Indian Ocean.

  • Photo of NASA's rover, GROVER, rolling on Greenland ice sheet

    GROVER Debuts on Greenland’s Ice Sheet

    05.10.2013

    NASA's new Earth-bound rover began testing on the Greenland ice sheet this week.

  • map of IceBridge flight coverage over Greenland

    IceBridge 2013 Coverage

    05.10.2013

    Project IceBridge completed the 2013 Arctic campaign on May 2, with 26 land ice and sea ice research missions.

  • photo of colorful aurora

    CME Causes Colorful Aurora

    10.01.2012

    An aurora in Whitehorse Yukon Canada that appeared in the sky in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2012 due to the effects of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun three days earlier.

ABZ Workshop

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!

Phenomenally Pfun Puzzle

Can you solve our crossword puzzle? All the answers to the clues come from the universe pages on the Starchild website.

Scale Model of Sun and Earth (en Español)

Download an activity file (pdf - 500 KB en Español) that explores the relative size of Sun and Earth as well as the distance between 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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