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Astrophysics Science Division
Code Title Date Type Mission Lead/Team
660 GODDARD SPACE SCIENCE IS THE PLACE FOR AWARDS THIS SEASON 2007.02.13 Goddard Web Feature Neil Gehrels, John Mather, Summer student Amber Straughn, Ann Hornschemeier, Kimberly Weaver
661 X-rays Fly as Cracking Comet Streaks Across the Sky 2006.05.12 NASA Web feature Swift Goddard scientist: Scott Porter
661 'Extreme Physics' Observatory Prepares for Flight 2006.05.17 Goddard press release GLAST Goddard scientist: Steve Ritz
661 NASA Scientists Conduct Census of Nearby Hidden Black Holes 2006.07.26 Goddard press release Integral Goddard scientist: Volker Beckmann
661 Caught in the Act, Scientists Watch Supernova Explode 2006.08.30 NASA Web feature Swift Goddard scientist: Neil Gehrels
661 NASA Performs Headcount of All Local Black Holes 2006.10.04 NASA press release Swift Goddard scientists: Jack Tueller (lead), Richard Mushotzky, Craig Markwardt
661 NASA Satellite Finds New Kind of Black Hole Explosion 2006.12.20 NASA press release Swift Goddard scientist: Neil Gehrels
661 Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded for Swift Discoveries 2007.01.16 Goddard press release Swift Goddard scientist: Neil Gehrels
661 Gamma-Ray Burst Challenges Theory 2007.03.08 Goddard and Penn State press release Swift Goddard Scientists: Frank Marshall, Neil Gehrels
661 NASA's GLAST MISSION ONE STEP CLOSER TO LAUNCH 2007.04.11 Goddard press release and web feature GLAST SCIENTIST: GLAST project manager Kevin Grady (GSFC), project scientist Steve Ritz (GSFC)
661 Gamma-Ray Bursts Active Longer than Thought 2007.05.22 Goddard Press release Swift Goddard scientists: Hans Krimm, Neil Gehrels
661 Japanese and NASA Satellites Unveil New Type of Active Galaxy 2007.07.30 Goddard Press Release Swift & Suzaku Jack Tueller, Richard Mushotzky
661 New NASA and NOAO Partnership to Open Doors of Cosmic Discovery 2007.09.04 Goddard Web Feature GLAST Steve Ritz
661 NASA Astronomers Find Bizarre Planet-Mass Object Orbiting Neutron Star 2007.09.12 Goddard Web Feature Swift/RXTE Hans Krimm, Craig Markwardt
662 Scientists Predict Pulsar "Starquakes" 2006.06.05 AAS press release RXTE Goddard scientists: Frank Marshall and Will Zhang (RXTE results)
662 Scientists see Storm Before the Storm in Future Supernova 2006.06.20 NASA Web feature RXTE Goddard scientists: Koji Mukai, Richard Barry
662 Mug Shots of Supernovas Reveal Two Key Findings 2006.10.04 Goddard press release for HEAD meeting Goddard scientists: Stefan Immler, Neil Gehrels
662 Scientists Nudge Closer to the Edge of a Black Hole 2006.10.05 Goddard press release Goddard scientist: James Reeves
662 Monster Stellar Flare Seen by NASA Dwarfs All Others 2006.11.06 NASA press release Swift Goddard scientist: Rachel Osten
662 Twin Star Explosions Fascinate Astronomers 2006.11.21 Swift image release and Penn State release Swift Goddard scientist: Stefan Immler in image release
662 FIRST X-RAY DETECTION OF A COLLIDING-WIND BINARY BEYOND OUR MILKY WAY 2007.02.16 NASA Web feature
662 Supernova Impostor Goes Supernova 2007.04.04 Goddard press release Goddard scientist: Stefan Immler
662 U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY-BUILT SATELLITE TO CARRY NASA EXPERIMENTS 2007.05.14 NASA Web Feature MidStar-2 MidStar-2 has four GSFC experiments and a GSFC Alternate. The ASD points of contact for the experiment are: Doug Rowland - PISA, John Sigwarth - TTI, Michael Collier - MiniMe, Keith Jahoda - GRBP.
662 NASA: Astronomers Pioneer New Method for Probing Exotic Matter 2007.08.27 Goddard Web Feature XMM/Suzaku Sudip Battacharyya, Tod Strohmayer
663 NASA Hosts Meeting for Scientists To Discuss Waves in Spacetime 2006.06.14 Goddard press release LISA Goddard scientists: LISA team
663 NASA SCIENTISTS PIONEER TECHNIQUE FOR 'WEIGHING' BLACK HOLES 2007.05.16 Goddard press release Goddard Scientists: Nikolai Shaposhnikov and Lev Titarchuk
665 JWST sunshield material passes key test 2006.05.15 Northrup Grumman News release JWST
665 First Primary Mirror Segment for JWST Delivered to Ball Aerospace 2006.06.14 Ball Aerospace News release JWST
665 Vibro-Acoustic Tests On Webb Telescope Primary Mirror Completed 2005.07.31 News release JWST
665 NASA And COBE Scientists Win Top Cosmology Prize 2006.08.15 NASA Press Release COBE John Mather, Harvey Moseley, Bob Silverberg, Eli Dwek, Rick Shafer
665 NASA Scientist John C. Mather Wins 2006 Nobel Physics Prize 2006.10.03 NASA press release & press conference COBE John Mather
665 NASA Telescope Picks Up Glow of Universe's First Objects 2006.12.18 NASA press release Spitzer Sasha Kashlinsky
665 Webb Scope Looks Out Of This World, Scientific Goals and Design of Hubble's Successor now Available Online 2007.01.15 Press release by Springer Publishing JWST J. Gardner et al. paper
665 (winners of AAS awards) 2006.01.?? Goddard press release Amber Straughn (student)
665 NASA'S LARGEST SPACE TELESCOPE MIRROR WILL SEE DEEPER INTO SPACE 2007.02.07 Web Feature JWST
665 NASA CREATES NOVEL TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SPACE TELESCOPE A REALITY (Microshutters) 2007.01.24 NASA press release JWST Murzy Jhabvala, chief engineer of Goddard's Instrument Technology and Systems Division; Harvey Moseley, the Microshutter PI
665 NASA HELPS SPACE TELESCOPE CAMERA "SQUINT" FOR A BETTER VIEW OF GALAXIES 2007.01.24 Web Feature JWST Harvey Moseley, Microshutter PI
665 THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE MODEL GETS AROUND 2007.01.26 Goddard Image Release JWST John Mather
665 James Webb Space Telescope's "Spine" Passes Health Tests 2007.01.30 Web Feature JWST John Mather
665 HARVEY MOSELEY WINS WEBER PRIZE FROM AAS 2007.03.19 Web Feature Harvey Moseley
665 (appointment of John Mather as SPIE Fellow) 2007.04.?? Press Release by SPIE John Mather
665 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE APPROVED EARLY 2007.05.03 NASA Press Release JWST Eric Smith, Webb program scientist at NASA Headquarters, Washington; Phil Sabelhaus, project manager at Goddard
665 TEN INVENTIONS CREATED FOR JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE APPROVED 2007.05.03 Web Feature JWST Eric Smith, Webb program scientist at NASA Headquarters, Washington; Phil Sabelhaus, project manager at Goddard
665 NASA'S "WEBB SLINGER" HEADS TO WASHINGTON, D.C 2007.05.03 Web Feature JWST John Decker, Deputy Associate Director for the JWST Project at GSFC
665 NASA EVENTS AT PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK ON THE NATIONAL MALL (JWST spotlighted) 2007.05.09 NASA Press Release & Web Feature JWST Ed Weiler, Matt Mountain (STScI), Martin Mohan (NGST) featured in press conference
665 Software Coordinates 19 Mirrors, Focuses James Webb Space Telescope 2007.08.24 Goddard Press Release JWST Bill Hayden (Systems Engineer), John Mather
667 Scientists Find Infant Solar System Awash in Carbon 2006.06.07 NASA Press Release FUSE Aki Roberge, Marc Kuchner
667 Scientists see Storm Before the Storm in Future Supernova 2006.06.20 Web Feature RXTE Koji Mukai, Richard Barry
667 NASA's Hubble Reveals Two Dust Disks Around Nearby Star 2006.06.27 NASA Press Release HST Mark Clampin, Randy Kimble
667 Hubble Observes Infant Stars in Nearby Galaxy 2007.01.08 AAS Press Release HST Mark Clampin
667 NASA's Spitzer First To Crack Open Light of Faraway Worlds 2007.02.21 Web Feature & JPL press release Spitzer Jeremy Richardson
667 Scientists Model a Cornucopia of Earth-sized Planets 2007.09.24 Goddard Web Feature (modeling/theory) Marc Kuchner
661 Major Step Toward Knowing Origin of Cosmic Rays 2007.10.09 Goddard Web Feature Chandra & Suzaku
665 NASA Concludes Successful FUSE Mission 2007.10.17 Goddard Web Feature & NASA Press Release FUSE
662 Massive Black Hole Smashes Record 2007.10.30 Goddard Web Feature Swift & Chandra
661 NASA's GLAST Satellite Arrives at Naval Research Lab for Testing 2007.11.30 Goddard Web Feature GLAST Steve Ritz
661 'Shot in the Dark' Star Explosion Stuns Astronomers 2007.12.18 Goddard Web Feature Swift
662 Suzaku Explains Cosmic Powerhouses 2007.12.20 Goddard Web Feature Suzaku
667 Amazing Miniaturized 'SIDECAR' Drives Webb Telescope's Signal 2008.02.20 Goddard Web Feature JWST Contractor Engineering Teams
662 Powerful Explosions Suggest Neutron Star Missing Link 2008.02.21 Goddard Web Feature RXTE Fotis Gavriil
662 NASA's Swift Satellite Images a Galaxy Ablaze With Starbirth 2008.02.26 Goddard Image Feature Swift Stefan Immler, Stephen Holland
661 NASA Calls for Suggestions to Rename Future Telescope Mission 2008.02.08 Goddard Web Feature GLAST N/A
663 NASA Scientists Predict Black Hole Light Echo Show 2008.01.08 Godard Web Feature Theory Keigo Fukumura, Demos Kazanas
661 Vast Cloud of Antimatter Traced to Binary Stars 2008.01.09 Goddard Web Feature Integral Gerry Skinner
661 NASA and Gemini Probe Mysterious Distant Explosion 2008.01.03 Goddard Web Feature Swift Neil Gehrles & UVOT science team
662 White Dwarf Pulses Like a Pulsar 2008.01.02 Goddard Web Feature Suzaku Koji Mukai
662 NASA Goddard Astrophysicist Peter Serlemitsos Wins Joseph Weber Award 2009.02.09 Web Feature Peter Serlemitsos
662, 667 NASA Selects Science Teams For Astrobiology Institute 2008.10.02 Web Feature Mike Mumma (PI), Carol Grady, Kenji Hamaguchi, Tim Kallman, Marc Kuchner, Rob Petre, and Aki Roberge
662 SXS Team Wins "IRAD Innovator of Year" Award 2008.10.20 Web Feature SXS Richard Kelley
661 Gamma-Ray Burst Challenges Theory 2007.03.08 Swift and Penn State Press Release Swift Neil Gehrels
660, 661,662,665 Goddard Space Science Is the Place for Awards This Season 2007.02.13 Goddard Web Feature Kim Weaver, Neil Gehrels, Ann Hornschemeier, Amber Straughn, John Mather
Spinning Black Hole Pushes the Limit 2006.11.20 CfA Press Release RXTE
665 John Mather wins the Nobel Prize for Physics 2006.10.03 NASA Press Release COBE John Mather
661 'Extreme Physics' Observatory Ready For Final Assembly 2006.09.20 GLAST press release GLAST Steve Ritz
663 Breakthrough Reached in Visualizing Black Hole Collisions 2006.04.18 Multimedia Press Release Joan Centrella
661 Swift Wins "Best of What's New" in Popular Science 2005.11.09 Web Feature Swift Neil Gehrels is Swift's PI.
661 In a Flash NASA Helps Solve 35-year-old Cosmic Mystery 2005.10.05 Web Feature Swift Neil Gehrels
661 NASA Scientists Catch a Unique Gamma-Ray Burst 2005.05.11 Goddard Web Feature Swift Neil Gehrels
667 New Frontier Opens In The Search For Life On Other Planets 2005.03.28 Goddard Web Feature Bill Danchi (667) was a co-author on this research.
661 Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History 2005.02.18 NASA Web Feature Swift
667 First Search in Stellar Graveyard Yields Two Possible Planets 2005.01.14 Penn State Press Release Bruce Woodgate (code 667) is a co-investigator on this research
667 New Clues Found in Ongoing Mystery of Giant Galactic Blobs 2005.01.11 AAS Press Release Announced at the AAS meeting by Colbert et al including Bruce Woodgate, GSFC/EUD, co-I.
662 A Race Round a Black Hole 2005.01.10 Goddard Web Feature XMM-Newton Jane Turner
Black hole is a space-bender, and mind-bender 2005.01.10 RXTE press release RXTE
661 Swift Mission Turns On, Sees a Blast Of Bursts 2005.01.05 NASA Web Feature Swift Scott Barthelmy
661 New NASA-Japanese Telescope Images Uncharted Wavelengths 2004.11.08 NASA Web Feature InFOCuS Hans Krimm
665 Dr. Charles Bennett, Principal Investigator of WMAP, was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2004.10.09 NASA Press Release WMAP Charles Bennett
665 NASA team studies far-IR interferometer to explore origins of stars and planets 2004.10.05 Goddard Web Feature SPIRIT David Leisawitz
665 SPIRIT has been chosen by NASA for an Origins mission concept study. Press release includes the full list of seleted concepts. 2004.07.29 NASA Press Release SPIRIT David Leisawitz
671 Scientists to plan International Heliophysical Year 2004.04.14 NSO Press Release LASP's Barbara Thompson and Joseph Davila are co-chairs.
665 Chuck Bennett, Principal Investigator of WMAP, has been nominated for a Rave Award by Wired Magazine in the "scientist" category. 2004.02.17 NASA Press Release WMAP Charles Bennett
Headless Comets Survive Plunge Through Sun's Atmosphere 2003.06.10 NASA Press Release SOHO
662 NASA's Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are Different Near and Far 2009.01.06 NASA Press Release Swift Richard Mushotzky
661 Active Galaxies Flare and Fade in Fermi Telescope All-Sky Movie 2009.04.03 Web Feature Fermi Elizabeth Hays
662 Swift's Comet Tally Highlighted in Observatory Webcast 2009.04.03 Web Feature Swift Stefan Immler
661 NASA's Fermi Mission, Namibia's HESS Telescopes Explore a Blazar 2009.03.18 Web Feature Fermi
661 NASA's Fermi Telescope Reveals Best-Ever View of Gamma-Ray Sky 2009.03.11 Goddard Press Release and Web Feature Fermi David Thompson
661 NASA's Fermi Telescope Sees Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Yet 2009.02.19 NASA HQ Press Release Fermi Julie McEnery
662 NASA's Swift Spies Comet Lulin 2009.02.20 Web Feature Swift Stefan Immler
Fermi Active Galaxies Ready for Their Close-Up 2009.04.22 Web Feature Fermi
NASA's Swift, Fermi Probe Fireworks From a Flaring Gamma-Ray Star 2009.02.10 NASA HQ Press Release Swift, Fermi
661 National Academy of Sciences Honors NASA's Neil Gehrels for Science Contributions 2009.02.02 Goddard Web Feature Neil Gehrels
662 NASA's SkyView Delivers the Multiwavelength Cosmos 2009.02.04 Web Feature SkyView Thomas McGlynn
661 New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record 2009.04.28 Web Feature Swift Neil Gehrels
660.1 NASA Launches James Webb Space Telescope Educational On-Line Game 2009.04.28 Web Feature JWST Anita Krishnamurthi
661 NASA's Fermi Explores High-energy "Space Invaders" 2009.05.04 Web Feature Fermi Alexander Moiseev
661 Great Moments in GRIStory 2009.05.28 Web Feature GRIS Jack Tueller
665 NASA Balloon Mission Tunes in to a Cosmic Radio Mystery 2009.01.07 Web Feature ARCADE Alan Kogut
663 NASA'S Fermi Telescope Unveils a Dozen New Pulsars 2009.01.06 Web Feature Fermi Alice Harding
Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek at a Young Galaxy's Star Factory 2009.01.06 Goddard Press Release and Web Feature Swift
662 NASA's Swift Looks to Comets for a Cool View 2008.12.03 Web Feature Swift Stefan Immler
661, 663 NASA's Fermi Telescope Discovers First Gamma-Ray-Only Pulsar 2008.10.16 NASA HQ Press Release Fermi Steve Ritz, Alice Harding
662 Two Black Holes Teach Astronomers a Lesson 2008.10.15 Web Feature RXTE Richard Mushotzky
667 NASA supercomputer shows how dust rings point to exo-earths 2008.10.10 Goddard Press Release Marc Kuchner
665 Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback 2008.10.01 Goddard Press Release Spitzer Eli Dwek
661 "Naked-Eye" Gamma Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely at Earth 2008.09.10 NASA HQ Press Release Swift Neil Gehrels
661 NASA's Swift Catches Farthest Ever Gamma-Ray Burst 2008.09.19 NASA HQ Press Release Swift Neil Gehrels
665 Scientists Detect Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Across Billions of Light Years 2008.09.23 Goddard Press Release WMAP Alexander Kashlinsky
661 A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears 2008.09.30 Web Feature Swift Neil Gehrels
NASA Renames Observatory for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky 2008.08.26 NASA HQ Press Release Fermi
667 Keeping a 'Trained Eye' on the James Webb Space Telescope 2009.07.15 Web Feature JWST Mark Clampin
662 Goddard-Led GEMS Mission to Explore the Polarized Universe 2009.08.04 Web Feature GEMS Jean Swank