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- Dark Energy, Dark Matter [100%] Last modified on May 15, 2008 10:22 AM
- What is dark energy? More is unknown than is known — we know how much there is, and we know some of its properties; other than that, dark energy is a mystery — ...
- JDEM [95%] Last modified on March 25, 2008 12:50 PM
- NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy will support a probe to investigate dark energy, the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM). The Joint Dark Energy Mission ...
- [85%] Last modified on March 04, 2008 08:19 AM
- Scientists have found that an unexplained force is changing our universe, forcing galaxies farther and farther apart, stretching the very fabric of space ...
- How does the earth system respond to natural and human-induced changes? [81%] Last modified on December 20, 2007 07:38 AM
- Climate scientists have been monitoring Earth's energy budget since the 1978 launch of NASA's Nimbus-7 satellite. That mission carried a new instrument into ...
- Physics of the Cosmos [79%] Last modified on October 31, 2008 08:55 AM
- Missions within the Physics of the Cosmos Program measure and test the validity of Einstein's theories of relativity.
- Astrophysics Division Corner [74%] Last modified on April 25, 2008 08:52 AM
- Astrophysics Division Corner
- Astrophysics [67%] Last modified on January 08, 2009 04:47 PM
- Discovering the origin, structure, evolution and destiny of the Universe, and searching for Earth-like planets.
- Water & Energy Cycles [63%] Last modified on November 10, 2008 01:31 PM
- Through water and energy cycle research we can improve hurricane prediction, quantify tropical rainfall and eventually begin to balance the water budget at ...
- The Big Bang [63%] Last modified on March 25, 2008 01:56 PM
- The night sky presents the viewer with a picture of a calm and unchanging Universe. So the 1929 discovery by Edwin Hubble that the Universe is in fact ...
- Constellation-X [60%] Last modified on September 12, 2008 11:25 AM
- Constellation-X has been designed to perform X-ray spectroscopy with unprecedented sensitivity and spectral resolution, to determine the flow of gas in ...
- What are the origin, evolution and fate of the Universe? [59%] Last modified on March 25, 2008 02:07 PM
- Two of the most profound questions that all cultures, both past and present, have asked are: where did we come from and what is our destiny? Throughout ...
- [53%] Last modified on August 31, 2007 02:55 PM
- This lesson plan uses Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) cloud data and a weather map to explore cloud coverage during a winter storm. When ...
- Fermi [53%] Last modified on September 12, 2008 02:26 PM
- Fermi, NASA's new gamma-ray observatory, will open a wide window on the universe. Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light, and the gamma-ray sky is ...
- Chandra [49%] Last modified on March 13, 2008 01:13 PM
- Chandra explores the hot turbulent regions in space with images 25 times sharper than previous x-ray pictures. Chandra is performing detailed studies of black ...
- Galaxies [49%] Last modified on March 14, 2008 08:18 AM
- Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is typical: it has hundreds of billions of stars, enough gas and dust to make billions more stars, and about six times as much dark ...
- How do planets, stars, galaxies and cosmic structure come into being? [41%] Last modified on March 25, 2008 01:49 PM
- In order to understand how the Universe has changed from its initial simple state following the Big Bang (only cooling elementary particles like protons and ...
- Terra [40%] Last modified on September 30, 2008 04:00 PM
- Terra (formerly EOS AM-1) is the flagship satellite of NASA's Earth observing systems. Terra is the first EOS (Earth Observing System) platform and provides ...
- Hubble Space Telescope [40%] Last modified on October 09, 2008 03:13 PM
- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), an ultraviolet, visible and infrared orbiting telescope, has expanded our understanding of star birth, star death, and galaxy ...
- WMAP [35%] Last modified on March 11, 2008 04:31 AM
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) produced the earliest “baby picture” of the universe, showing the minute temperature variations within the ...
- Beyond Our Planet [32%] Last modified on August 28, 2007 09:29 PM
- Since NASA studies both Earth and other planets, what we learn from Earth's oceans can help us make sense of clues to the watery pasts of other planets. Water ...
- Dr. Jon Morse, Astrophysics Division Director [31%] Last modified on August 28, 2008 09:40 AM
- Dr. Morse received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of North Carolina in 1992, after which he joined the Space Telescope Science Institute in ...
- December 2008 Education Update [29%] Last modified on December 01, 2008 02:36 PM
- Grant Solicitations [28%] Last modified on January 15, 2009 02:29 PM
- Grant Solicitations
- Weather [27%] Last modified on November 10, 2008 01:31 PM
- Our weather system includes the dynamics of the atmosphere and its interaction with the oceans and land. The improvement of our understanding of weather ...
- Juno [24%] Last modified on November 03, 2008 12:06 PM
- The Juno mission is the next scientific investigation in the NASA New Frontiers Program. The mission's primary science goal is to significantly improve our ...
- Program Officers List [24%] Last modified on December 19, 2008 02:49 PM
- Highlights [24%] Last modified on December 12, 2008 03:57 PM
- This page will be dedicated to a few of the outstanding science highlights generated through the use of NASA's R&A (including DA) funds.
- Ocean Color [21%] Last modified on August 29, 2007 02:47 PM
- The most important light-absorbing substance in the oceans is chlorophyll, which phytoplankton use to produce carbon by photosynthesis. Due to this green ...
- FY 2005 Year in Review [19%] Last modified on February 13, 2008 02:22 PM
- Science Mission Directorate's highlights for fiscal year 2005
- January 2009 Education Update [18%] Last modified on January 02, 2009 01:45 PM