The “Secret” Lives of NASA Goddard Scientists
Posted by: Nate Smith
Delve into the "secret" lives of some of NASA's scientists.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Category: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
What’s for Lunch? 2020 Earth and Space Science Talks at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
In partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Science, Technology, and Business Division 2020 lecture series will delve into topics such as Greenland meltwater, space telescopes, tracking wildfire smoke, Earth's electrical fields, and icy ocean worlds in our solar system.
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NASA’s Space Lasers with Dr. Scott Luthcke, Dec. 5
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
On December 5, NASA's Dr. Scott Luthcke will discuss the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter (ATLAS) aboard ICESat-2 and the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument on the International Space Station, their performance thus far, and their dependence on satellite geodesy.
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The Perplexing Solar Corona and the Space Environment It Creates: Lecture with NASA’s Nicholeen Viall November 7
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. NASA Observatories examining the atmosphere of the Sun are revealing extraordinary detail in the solar corona. Material from this mysteriously super-hot outer layer expands outwards to become the solar wind, accelerating beyond the speed of sound and bathing …
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IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! Exploring Earth’s Escaping Atmosphere with NASA’s Douglas Rowland on October 17
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
NASA's Dr. Rowland will talk about atmospheric escape, his adventures in Norway, and what is being learned from the VISIONS-2 data in his lecture, Exploring Our Escaping Atmosphere: Going above the Top of the World to Watch the Sky, on Thursday, October 17, from 11:30 a.m.-12::30 p.m. in the Madison building's third floor Pickford Theater.
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Organic Molecules in Martian Mud: NASA Lecture with Astrobiologist Jennifer Eigenbrode on September 12
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
On September 12, NASA Astrobiologist Jennifer Eigenbrode presents "A Mud Matter: The Recent Discovery of Organic Matter Preserved in 3-billion-year-old Mudstones on Mars," at the Library's James Madison Building's third floor Mary Pickford Theater from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators: NASA Lecture with Dr. Regina Caputo on August 8
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. In the past, our understanding of the universe came from studying visible light. Over the last 90 years, astronomers have extended this view to other forms of light, from radio waves to gamma rays. However, light isn’t the …
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Hurricane Hunting NASA Style: Lecture with Research Meteorologist Scott Braun June 13
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. Overshadowed by an outbreak of tornadoes in May, the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1. NASA Goddard research meteorologist Scott Braun will present a timely lecture on how NASA is using space-based and airborne measurements to …
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Planet-Hunting NASA Astrophysicist, Elisa Quintana, to Speak at the Library May 9
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. The next speaker in the NASA Goddard lecture series, Elisa Quintana, never dreamed of becoming an astrophysicist, but happened to take physics at the University of California, San Diego, and was fortunate to work with Professor Sally Ride. …
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