Imagine the Universe! Special Exhibits

Several times a year, we have special exhibits on our site. These exhibits focus on an exciting topic which deserves some special attention.

Our current featured exhibits are:
Satellite Showcase: Swift	Focus On: Cassiopeia A

• X-ray Sources Near and Far
  Cosmic X-ray sources are as near as our sun and as far away as the stars. In these video clips we examine the different ways x-rays can arise in astronomical objects.

• Multimedia Theatre Archive

InterActivities
Solve the mysteries of the Universe!

• You be the Astrophysicist
  Determine the mass of a black hole, find the velocity of the Andromeda Galaxy, or determine the size of a star.

Satellite Showcase
Satellites, past, present and future, which make the discoveries that drive our knowledge of the energetic Universe.

• Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)
  A next-generation project proposed by NASA to detect some of the weakest (and perhaps most interesting) gravitational waves.

• Showcase Archive

Featured Scientists
Meet the people behind the science!

• Dr. Michael Tripicco
  Astronomer? Computer Programmer? Manager? In his work at NASA's Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, Dr. Mike Tripicco juggles all these responsibilities, and more.

• Featured Scientists Archive

Focus On...
Special objects and images in high-energy astronomy.

• Cassiopeia A

• Focus On... Archive

On The Edge
A look at the different research groups that are putting the pieces of high-energy astronomy together.

• Gravitational Waves

• On The Edge Archive