Astrophysics Branch
Marshall Space Flight Center's Astrophysics Branch uses space and ground-based observatories to peer back to the earliest epochs of the universe, unravel its mysteries, and study the most violent explosions in our galaxy and beyond. Our goal is to help discover how the universe works, explore how it began and evolved, and search for life on planets around other stars.
The Advanced Neutron Spectrometer on the ISS (ANS-ISS) completed neutron measurements through September 2022 and updated the Exposure Log Record to include all of FY22. The ANS-ISS is approaching 6 months of exposure in USLab and will remaine there until …
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A book chapter entitled “The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Mission”, co-written by David Thompson (GSFC) and Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge (ST12), has been accepted for publication in the “Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics.” This chapter describes the two instruments on …
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The Chandra Program Office supported Marshall Space Flight Center’s Community Outreach Team during the 2022 “Alabama Science Festival’s” annual STEAMFest event at the Von Braun Center on Saturday, 10/29/22. During the one-day event, Chandra representatives were able to speak with …
With national “Origami Day” on 11/11/22, NASA Express weekly STEM newsletter featured Chandra’s origami activity. With 57,900 subscribers, the newsletter is also shared through the NASA Office of STEM Engagement social media tools (394K+ Twitter followers, 102K+ Facebook followers, and …
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Chandra’s Deputy Project Scientist, Steven Ehlert (ST14), participated in an astrophysics panel at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center on 11/8/22. The panel was in conjunction with the Smithsonian Journeys Space Camp and featured a high-end camp experience. Ehlert was …