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NASA chartered the Goddard Space Flight Center on May 1, 1959, at the dawn of the space age.

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NASA's Robert F. Cahalan Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society

Robert F. Cahalan was recently elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma-Ray From 'Star Factories' in Other Galaxies

Two 'starburst' galaxies, plus a satellite of our own Milky Way galaxy, represent a new category of gamma-ray-emitting objects detected both by Fermi and ground-based observatories.
Aerosols Boost Warming Potential of Some Gases

Certain gases that cause warming are so closely linked with aerosol production that the emissions of one type of pollutant can affect the quantity of the other.
New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS

Using the most distant objects in the Universe to find your way home
Fermi Caps First Year With Glimpse of Space-Time

In one year of operation, NASA's Fermi Telescope has seen more than 1,000 sources of gamma-rays, but it still can't unseat Einstein's theory of relativity.

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