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So what is this tall thing in NASA Goddard’s cleanroom? We had a lot of great guesses – a number of people guessed it was … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2013/05/31/whats-this-4-the-big-reveal/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-5394 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2013/05/28/whats-this-4-may-28-2013/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #4 – May 28, 2013"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/8806670174_e50a40ab93-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This #4, the Big Reveal"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2013/05/28/whats-this-4-may-28-2013/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #4 – May 28, 2013" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #4 – May 28, 2013</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/maggie/" title="Maggie Masetti">By Maggie Masetti</a></li> <li>May 28, 2013</li> <li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2013/05/28/whats-this-4-may-28-2013/#comments">6 Comments</a></li> </ul> <p>We haven’t had a What’s This? in a long time! This one is a little different than the previous ones we’ve done. Your hint is that this image is from our giant cleanroom at NASA Goddard. So check it out and try to figure out… what’s this object? Post your … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2013/05/28/whats-this-4-may-28-2013/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-3697 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this tag-balloons"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2012/01/03/whats-this-3-the-big-reveal/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #3 – The big reveal!"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6596619781_0d786dca5d-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2012/01/03/whats-this-3-the-big-reveal/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #3 – The big reveal!" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #3 – The big reveal!</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/sara/" title="Sara Mitchell">By Sara Mitchell</a></li> <li>January 3, 2012</li> <li class="last"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on What’s This? #3 – The big reveal!</span></span></li> </ul> <p>Our last post of 2011 was another in our What’s This? series – we posted a mysterious image (or three, this time) and asked for people to guess what they were looking at. Our first two challenges were reasonably easy, and I think our hints helped a lot of readers … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2012/01/03/whats-this-3-the-big-reveal/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-3689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/12/29/whats-this-3-december-29-2011/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #3 – December 29, 2011"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6596619781_0d786dca5d-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/12/29/whats-this-3-december-29-2011/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #3 – December 29, 2011" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #3 – December 29, 2011</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/sara/" title="Sara Mitchell">By Sara Mitchell</a></li> <li>December 29, 2011</li> <li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/12/29/whats-this-3-december-29-2011/#comments">7 Comments</a></li> </ul> <p>We’re closing out 2011 with another mysterious What’s This? contest! We’re making this one a little more challenging than the last two. Check out the three photos below and try to figure out… what’s this object? Post your guesses as comments to this post, comment on our Facebook wall, or … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/12/29/whats-this-3-december-29-2011/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-3558 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/07/whats-this-2-the-big-reveal/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #2 – The big reveal!"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/5927962042_b810e78b13-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/07/whats-this-2-the-big-reveal/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #2 – The big reveal!" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #2 – The big reveal!</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/sara/" title="Sara Mitchell">By Sara Mitchell</a></li> <li>November 7, 2011</li> <li class="last"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on What’s This? #2 – The big reveal!</span></span></li> </ul> <p>Last Friday, we posted this photograph and asked our followers (on the blog, Twitter, and Facebook) to tell us what they thought they were seeing in the picture. Nearly all of the guesses were actually quite close, and a couple of people got it totally right! Maybe our clue was … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/07/whats-this-2-the-big-reveal/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-3434 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this tag-contest"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/04/whats-this-2-november-2011/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #2 – November 4, 2011"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/5927962042_b810e78b13-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/04/whats-this-2-november-2011/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #2 – November 4, 2011" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #2 – November 4, 2011</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/sara/" title="Sara Mitchell">By Sara Mitchell</a></li> <li>November 4, 2011</li> <li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/04/whats-this-2-november-2011/#comments">2 Comments</a></li> </ul> <p>It’s time for another installment of What’s This? Check out the photo below and try to figure out what it is! Post your guesses as comments to this post, comment on our Facebook wall, or tweet them to us with the #whatsthis hashtag. Here’s your hint – it’s best to … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/11/04/whats-this-2-november-2011/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-3441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/10/03/whats-this-1-the-big-reveal/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #1 – The big reveal!"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5927962268_aa4ec50c75-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/10/03/whats-this-1-the-big-reveal/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #1 – The big reveal!" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #1 – The big reveal!</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/sara/" title="Sara Mitchell">By Sara Mitchell</a></li> <li>October 3, 2011</li> <li class="last"><span>Comments Off<span class="screen-reader-text"> on What’s This? #1 – The big reveal!</span></span></li> </ul> <p>Last Friday, we posted the first in our new series, What’s This? We put up a mysterious photograph, and asked our readers to make their best guesses about the content of the picture. We had a lot of fantastic guesses, in the comments and on Twitter! Here’s the photo, once … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/10/03/whats-this-1-the-big-reveal/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post-3427 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-this"> <div class="col3 post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/09/30/whats-this-september-30-2011/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #1 – September 30, 2011"><img width="210" height="210" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235im_/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5927962268_aa4ec50c75-210x210.jpg" class="attachment-featured wp-post-image" alt="What's This"/></a> </div>  <div class="col5"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/09/30/whats-this-september-30-2011/" title="Permalink to What’s This? #1 – September 30, 2011" rel="bookmark">What’s This? #1 – September 30, 2011</a></h2> <ul class="post-by"> <li class="no-padding-left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/author/sara/" title="Sara Mitchell">By Sara Mitchell</a></li> <li>September 30, 2011</li> <li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/09/30/whats-this-september-30-2011/#comments">9 Comments</a></li> </ul> <p>Introducing another new Blueshift series: What’s This? We’ll post a mysterious photo… and invite you to guess what it could be! Post your guesses as comments to this post, or tweet them to us with the #whatsthis hashtag. So without further ado – what’s this? We’ll give you one hint … <a class="readmore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2011/09/30/whats-this-september-30-2011/">Continue Reading →</a></p> </div> <div class="row-end"></div> </div> <hr/> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="col4"><div id="simplecatch_social_widget-2" class="widget simplecatch_social_widget"> <ul class="social-profile"><li class="facebook"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://facebook.com/nasablueshift" title="NASA Blueshift on Facebook" target="_blank">NASA Blueshift Facebook </a></li><li class="twitter"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/http://twitter.com/nasablueshift" title="NASA Blueshift on Twitter" target="_blank">NASA Blueshift Twitter </a></li><li class="you-tube"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071235/https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAblueshift" title="NASA Blueshift on YouTube" target="_blank">NASA Blueshift YouTube </a></li><li 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