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Close Me!

Shields up!

08.15.2012

Layers of armor protect Earth from the sun's harmful energies, while letting in heat and light that power the climate.

  • image of active region on sun with looping magnetic fields

    Lots of loops

    03.03.2011

    As an active region on the sun's surface rotated into view, Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this profile of the constantly changing magnetic field lines arcing high above it.

  • image of multiple particle and energy outbursts from the sun

    Multiple outbursts from the sun

    12.22.2011

    The sun blasted off a number of coronal mass ejections in just over two days in this image captured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) C2 coronograph.

  • image of coronal holes on the sun

    Coronal holes on the sun

    01.17.2011

    Two dark coronal "holes" -- areas where the solar surface is cooler and less dense than average -- blossomed on the sun as the Solar Dynamics Observatory watched.

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!

Where Oh Where Does that Little Planet Go?

Do you know the order of the planets?

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.

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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