still image from a scientific visualization
Close Me!

Shields up!

08.15.2012

Layers of armor protect Earth from the sun's harmful energies, while letting in heat and light that power the climate.

  • Combined Hubble and VLA image of Hercules A

    A Multi-Wavelength View of Radio Galaxy Hercules A

    12.13.2012

    These spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a super massive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A.

  • false-color image of Saturn

    A Huge Burp at Saturn

    10.25.2012

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn. Data show record-setting disturbances in the planet's upper atmosphere long after the storm had ended.

  • photo of colorful aurora

    CME Causes Colorful Aurora

    10.01.2012

    An aurora in Whitehorse Yukon Canada that appeared in the sky in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2012 due to the effects of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun three days earlier.

Goddard Tweets

MESSENGER Activities, Animations and Movies

A variety of animations, simulations, movies, and activities related to the MESSENGER mission, Mercury, and comparing Mercury to other planets in the Solar System.

Mars Science Laboratory Website

Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website about the Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity."

Goddard Internship Video

Goddard Senior Intern Grace Montalvo produced this video about internships at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., during her time at the center in summer 2012.

Visualization Explorer

This is the NASA Visualization Explorer—the coolest way to get stories about NASA's exploration of the Earth, sun, moon, planets and universe delivered right to your iPad.
                                                                                                                                                                                         
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