Image of Ring Nebula
Close Me!

The Ring Nebula’s true shape

05.23.2013

New observations of the Ring Nebula – the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star – reveal a new twist.

  • hubble image of supernova remnant

    Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova

    05.03.2013

    These thin, blood-red shells are actually the remnants from when an unstable progenitor star exploded violently as a supernova around 600 years ago.

  • Kepler Supernova Remnant

    Kepler Supernaova: a post-mortem

    04.08.2013

    This composite of images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the remnant of Kepler's supernova in low (red), intermediate (green) and high-energy (blue) X-rays.

  • plot of vela in Fermi field of view over time

    Celestial Spirograph

    02.27.2013

    A Fermi scientist has transformed LAT data of a famous pulsar into a mesmerizing movie that visually encapsulates the spacecraft's complex motion.

Goddard Tweets

What's happening now

  • 19 Jun 2013 Public Lecture: "Exotic Earths" Free lecture at the Library of Congress: "Exotic Earths: Exploring Planets Around Other Stars" by NASA scientist Avi Mandell

  • 24 Jun 2013 Build a Robot Institute This Event is for Teachers and Educators. Participants in the NRI will design, develop and deploy an autonomous rover.

  • 7 Jul 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!

A Universal Puzzler

Use your knowledge of space terminology to solve this puzzle.

Phenomenally Pfun Puzzle

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

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.

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