Composite of x-ray, infrared, and optical images of N51
Close Me!

The Birth and Death of Stars

12.31.2012

Stars form in great dark clouds of cold gas and dust. Stars eventually die, some of them exploding in the very same place they were born.

  • SDO image of solar prominence

    Graceful Eruption

    03.16.2013

    A solar prominence began to bow out and the broke apart in a graceful, floating style in a little less than four hours on March 16, 2013.

  • Airborne photo of ice-bound Davis Strait

    IceBridge Flight Over Baffin Island

    04.17.2013

    Previous surveys showed this ice cap thinning and glaciers retreating. The April 12 mission was to measure several glaciers in the area to see how much the Penny Ice Cap has melted in recent years.

  • Image of two scoops out of Martian soil

    Curiosity Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples

    12.28.2012

    This is a view of the third (left) and fourth (right) trenches made by the scoop on Curiosity. The coarse sand visible here forms a thin crust in the "Rocknest" wind drift sand on Mars.

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!

Universal Chaos

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

Mars Science Laboratory Website

Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website about the Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity."

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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