Imagine the Universe!

Imagine the Universe! Special Exhibits

Several times a year, we have special exhibits on our site. These exhibits focus on an exciting topic which deserves some special attention.

Our current featured exhibits are:

Featured Scientist: Dr. Duilia de Mello

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope


Other Special Exhibits

Happy 10th Anniversary Imagine the Universe! - A retrospective of what we knew then and what we know now.

Multimedia Theatre
A collection of video clips which highlight different phenomena in high-energy astronomy.

InterActivities
Solve the mysteries of the Universe!

  • You be the Astrophysicist
    Determine the mass of a black hole, find the velocity of the Andromeda Galaxy, or determine the size of a star.

Satellite Showcase
Satellites, past, present and future, which make the discoveries that drive our knowledge of the energetic Universe.

  • Fermi
    The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi) is the latest high energy gamma-ray observatory launched by NASA. It is designed to study energetic phenomena from a variety of celestial sources.

  • Showcase Archive

Featured Scientists
Meet the people behind the science!

  • Dr. Aki Roberge
    Have you ever thought it would be fun to look for new planets around distant stars? Dr. Aki Roberge is lucky enough to do just that.

  • Dr. Stefan Immler
    Stefan was born in the 1,000 year old town of Nabburg in the Bavarian countryside of Germany. He developed an interest in astronomy when his parents bought him a small telescope, which he used to observe planets from his balcony. Then when he was 12, after watching Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" on TV, Stefan decided to become a professional astronomer.

  • Featured Scientists Archive

Focus On...
Special objects and images in high-energy astronomy.

On The Edge
A look at the different research groups that are putting the pieces of high-energy astronomy together.

If words seem to be missing from the articles, please read this.

Imagine the Universe! is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Alan Smale (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Imagine Team
Project Leader: Dr. Jim Lochner
Curator:Meredith Gibb
Responsible NASA Official:Phil Newman
All material on this site has been created and updated between 1997-2008.
Last Updated: Thursday, 04-Sep-2008 11:02:59 EDT