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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Jonathan Gardner of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was selected as a 2023 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) for extraordinary achievement and service. He is being recognized for exceptional community service and scientific leadership of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope science teams, leading to Webb’sContinue reading “NASA Scientist Jonathan Gardner Named AAS 2023 Fellow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Shari Miller, Wallops Flight Facility National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Manager and Wallops Natural Resources Manager, tracks the environmental impact of Wallops missions to promote mission success while also protecting Wallops Island’s diverse ecosystems and wildlife.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Name: Phathom Donald Title: Mission Engineer Formal Job Classification: Satellite Systems Engineer Organization: Astrophysics Project Division, Hubble Space Telescope Operations Project, Code 441 What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? As a member of theContinue reading “Phathom Donald Brings Space Closer as a Hubble Mission Engineer”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astrophysicist Jeremy Schnittman hopes to have one of his theories about black holes proven someday.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or decrease local flood risk, wave exposure, and saltwater intrusion. Tracking and predicting sea level rise involves more than measuring the height of our oceans: Land along coastlines also inches upContinue reading “NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly double our solar system’s speed through the Milky Way. The planetary system is thought to move atContinue reading “NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY FjordPhyto is a collective effort where travelers on tour expedition vessels in Antarctica help scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Universidad Nacional de La Plata study phytoplankton. Now project leader Dr. Allison Cusick has a Ph.D.! . Dr. Cusick studies how melting glaciers influence phytoplankton in the coastal regions.Continue reading “Newly Minted Ph.D. Studies Phytoplankton with NASA’s FjordPhyto Project”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, has made a surprising discovery in our cosmic backyard: a phenomenon called an Einstein ring. An Einstein ring is light from a distant galaxy bending to form a ring that appears aligned with a foreground object. The name honors AlbertContinue reading “Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep sky observing under full Moon skies. The natural light from a bright Moon floods the sky and hides views of the Milky Way, dim galaxies and nebula, and shooting stars. In recent years, human-made light pollution has dramaticallyContinue reading “February’s Night Sky Notes: How Can You Help Curb Light Pollution?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The full moon rises over the Superdome and the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday evening, January 13, 2025. New Orleans is home to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where several pieces of hardware for the SLS (Space Launch system) are being built. For more than half a century, NASAContinue reading “Golden Moon over the Superdome”