Education and Public Outreach
Latest Swift Outreach News |
January 6, 2009 - Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are
Different Near and Far
An ongoing X-ray survey undertaken by NASA's Swift spacecraft
is revealing differences between nearby active galaxies and
those located about halfway across the universe. Understanding
these differences will help clarify the relationship between a
galaxy and its central black hole.
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January 6, 2009 - Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek
at a Young Galaxy's Star Factory
Astronomers combining data from NASA's Swift satellite, the W.
M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, and other facilities have, for
the first time, identified gas molecules in the host galaxy of
a gamma-ray burst.
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July 10, 2008 - Epo's Chronicles
We invite you to take a journey with us as we travel through space trying to figure out our origins and learn about the universe we live in. Through this comic strip we will meet alien civilizations who will help us in our journey. We will even get to help them out with their own questions about the universe every once in a while.
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Welcome to the Swift mission Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) page. Here you will find information about the various projects being done by the Swift E/PO group, as well as cool science, mathematics, and technology learning experiences. Our goal is to use the observations and scientific discoveries of the Swift mission to improve the understanding and utilization of science and mathematics concepts for grades 7-12.
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