Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore visited Goddard in Greenbelt, Md. on Oct. 16, 2024, to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) mission. DSCOVR is a joint NASA, NOAA, and U.S. Air Force mission. The project originally was called Triana, a mission conceived of by Gore in 1998 during his vice presidency. After the vice president's talk, four Goddard scientists participated in a panel discussion about advancements in monitoring of the atmosphere from space and showcased how Goddard’s research drives the future of Earth science. Vice President Gore also took a tour of Goddard, including a view into the clean room where Goddard is assembling the Roman Space Telescope. https://lnkd.in/gtG_fXYB Photo credit: NASA/Travis Wohlrab
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is a major U.S. laboratory for developing and operating unmanned scientific spacecraft. The center manages many of NASA's Earth observation, astronomy, planetary science and astrophysics missions. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is home to the nation's largest organization of scientists, engineers and technologists who build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study Earth, the sun, our solar system and the universe. Just outside Washington, Goddard is home to Hubble operations and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Goddard manages communications between mission control and orbiting astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Goddard scientists stare into the sun, grind up meteorites for signs of life's building blocks, look into the farthest reaches of space, and untangle the mysteries of our own changing world. Goddard engineers construct sensitive instruments, build telescopes that peer into the cosmos, and operate the test chambers that ensure those satellites' survival. Named for American rocketry pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard, the center was established May 1, 1959, as NASA's first space flight complex. Goddard and its several installations are critical in carrying out NASA's missions of space exploration and scientific discovery. Goddard encompasses several other NASA properties, most significantly: • Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia • Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia • Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City • White Sands Complex outside Las Cruces, New Mexico • Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas
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Your Sun, to the max. We’re officially in solar maximum, according to scientists who monitor and study the Sun’s natural cycles and space weather, including things like the aurora we’ve been seeing at lower latitudes. https://lnkd.in/eiuve_pB The Sun moves between low and high magnetic activity about every 11 years. At the height of the solar cycle, the Sun’s magnetic poles flip and the Sun transitions to a more active state, with more sunspots & solar storms, which can cause auroras and affect satellites and infrastructure. Solar max isn’t responsible for current climate change on Earth, however. How do we know? 1. The timing doesn’t line up. Solar cycles last about 11 years. Earth’s temperature has been warming for much longer than that, lining up with human emissions of greenhouse gases. 2. The warming is in the wrong place. If solar output were causing climate change, Earth’s upper atmosphere would be warmest, closest to the Sun. Instead, the upper atmosphere is cooling, while the lower atmosphere is warming, consistent with greenhouse gases trapping heat. 3. Solar cycles couldn’t cause this much change. Although the Sun puts out a ton of energy — enough to make our planet habitable — the Sun’s energy output only changes by 0.15% in a typical solar cycle, not enough to explain current temperature shifts. https://lnkd.in/ebitArcf
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Spiraling out? Take a minute to sit with Hubble’s view of NGC 5248, a spiral galaxy located 42 million light-years away. https://lnkd.in/gZhvyeh9
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See spot shake 🔴 Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth. With 90 days of observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, researchers found that the storm jiggles like gelatin, oscillating in size over time. https://lnkd.in/e2fuadHG
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Attention comet hunters! ☄️ Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is passing through the inner solar system on its 80,000-year orbit around the Sun. It could be the brightest comet of the year and will be most visible Oct. 14-24. Comets are unpredictable, but if its tail is well illuminated by sunlight, it could be visible to the naked eye. These images captured by NASA/ESA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show this comet to be one of the brightest comets to ever pass through its field of view during the spacecraft’s nearly 29-year career. After crossing through SOHO’s field of view, the comet will be visible to us on Earth right after sunset. Each day throughout October, the comet will gradually rise higher in the western sky as it moves farther away from the Sun. But as it does, it will become fainter. Let us know if you spot the comet! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eKTWKq-d
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We're continuing to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with Rosa Avalos-Warren! Rosa has worked more than 35 NASA missions and was the Near Space Network's Director for Robotics and Launch vehicle missions, leading missions like Artemis I at Goddard. Now Rosa is the Deputy Program Executive for Operational missions, including the Webb and Hubble telescopes.
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Text us when you get there! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe finished its 21st close approach to the Sun on Sept. 30, coming within about 4.51 million miles of the Sun’s surface. The spacecraft sent a beacon tone to let its team know it's in good health. https://lnkd.in/etK_xAmx
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We believe space is for everyone. We're working to make our videos accessible to more people. This #NDEAM, explore our playlist of videos with audio descriptions: https://lnkd.in/e3vdN25p
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Hold your half-horses! NASA's Webb Telescope spotted jets of gas from Centaur 29P, giving insights into solar system evolution. In space, centaurs are former trans-Neptunian objects that have been moved inside Neptune’s orbit by the planets' gravitational influences. https://lnkd.in/eX7vzFeh
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Tracking changes 🧊 📉 Glaciers aren’t the static ice blocks that they seem to be. The OLI-2 instrument on USGS/NASA's #Landsat 9 helps scientists track changes in glaciers like this one. This image of Mount Baker and Easton Glacier was captured on Aug. 17, 2024. As the snow line retreats uphill, scientists can combine satellite data with their own field measurements to calculate changes in water volume and evaluate the glacier’s health. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8b2dsz3
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