Blueshift - September 26, 2013: Finding Herschel

NASA Blueshift by Astrophysics Science Division

Sep 26, 20130:15:10Science & Medicine

In July, we featured a guest post on our blog from astronomer Nick Howes about how he was able to image the Herschel observatory, which sat a million miles away from the Earth at the 2nd Lagrange point (and is now being...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from NASA Blueshift.

Blueshift - October 6, 2015: Spontaneous Complexity

Oct 6, 2015 - 0:12:25

Jasmin Evans is an undergraduate student in astronomy and physics at the University of Central Lancashire...

Blueshift - September 9, 2013: "How We Learn," Part 4 of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait

Sep 9, 2013 - 0:07:11

This is the last part of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait, the so-called "Bad Astronomer." Phil is a sci...

Blueshift - June 26, 2013: "Go outside and look up!," Part 3 of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait

Jun 26, 2013 - 0:09:27

This is part three of four of our interview with Dr. Phil Plait, the so-called "Bad Astronomer." Phil is...

Blueshift - May 29, 2013: Ring around the Exoplanet

May 29, 2013 - 0:11:21

A college friend of Maggie's, Dr. Eric Mamajek, discovered a cool potential exoplanet system that might a...

Blueshift - May 15, 2013: The Art of Space, Part 2

May 15, 2013 - 0:12:56

This is the second episode of our two-part interview with space artist Ron Miller. In this episode, Ron t...

Blueshift - May 6, 2013: The Art of Space, Part 1

May 6, 2013 - 0:11:08

Blueshift recently interviewed space artist Ron Miller. Not only is he an amazingly talented illustrator,...

Blueshift - April 25, 2013: Studying Simulated Stardust

Apr 25, 2013 - 0:10:26

Dust - on Earth, it's a nuisance. But in space, it's a valuable natural resource, a raw material essentia...

Blueshift - December 20, 2012: Hubble's Scientific Successor

Dec 20, 2012 - 0:10:32

As you might imagine, the James Webb Space Telescope is a pretty big deal here at NASA Goddard, because m...