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GOES
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) is a series of NOAA weather satellites parked in geostationary orbit, providing continuous imagery, lightning mapping, and space weather monitoring of the Western Hemisphere since 1975.
GOES-16
GOES-16 is a NOAA weather satellite, launched November 19, 2016 as GOES-R, that served as GOES East watching the eastern United States and western Atlantic until 2025.
GOES-17
GOES-17, known as GOES-S before launch, is a NOAA geostationary weather satellite serving as GOES-West from 2019 to 2023; a cooling anomaly degraded its imager but recovered over 97 percent of capability.
GOES-18
GOES-18, known as GOES-T before reaching orbit, is an American geostationary weather satellite operated by NOAA, launched in 2022 and serving as GOES-West from 137.0 degrees west since January 2023.
Goethals Bridge
The Goethals Bridge is a twin-span cable-stayed toll bridge operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, carrying Interstate 278 between Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Staten Island.
Goethe (Mercurian crater)
Goethe is a 383-km-diameter impact basin on Mercury at 78.5°N, 44.5°, in the northern volcanic plains, a ghost basin with wrinkle-ridge rings, interior graben, and at least 2 km of lava fill.
Goethe Garten
Goethe Garten: Goethe's house garden behind his Weimar residence at Frauenplan and his Gartenhaus garden in the Park on the Ilm; kitchen garden, pavilions, UNESCO site, restoration to 2030.
Goethe House (Frankfurt)
The Goethe House in Frankfurt am Main is the birthplace of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born there in 1749, destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt by 1951.
Goethe University Frankfurt
Goethe University Frankfurt, also known as Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, is a large research university in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1914 and among Germany's ten largest.
Goethe-Gesellschaft
The Goethe-Gesellschaft is a scholarly and literary society of international character, founded in Weimar in 1885 to promote knowledge of Goethe and stimulate research devoted to him.
Goethe-Preis der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
The Goethe-Preis der Stadt Frankfurt am Main is a 50,000-euro cultural prize founded in 1927 and awarded every three years since 1952; laureates include Sigmund Freud and Thomas Mann.
Goethe's Faust
Goethe's Faust (Faust. Eine Tragödie) is Goethe's two-part verse tragedy on the scholar who wagers his soul to Mephistopheles, written over about 60 years: Urfaust circa 1775, Fragment 1790, Faust I 1808, Faust II published 1833.
Goethite
Goethite is an iron oxyhydroxide mineral named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, forming as a weathering product of iron-bearing minerals and serving as ore and yellow ochre pigment.
Goetia (γοητεία) (magic)
Goēteia (γοητεία), the activity of the goēs, was the ancient Greek term for sorcery and enchantment, derived from goáō, "to wail." Distinct from mageia and pharmakeia in Byzantine usage.
Goetta
Goetta (get-uh), from German Grützwurst, is a Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky breakfast sausage of ground pork, beef, steel-cut oats, onion, and spices, sliced and fried; unlike scrapple it uses oats, not cornmeal.
Goetz Oertel
Goetz Oertel, born 1934, is a German-born American solar physicist who served as president of AURA from the mid-1980s to 1999, overseeing Hubble and Gemini.
Goff & Jones
Goff & Jones is a leading English treatise on restitution and unjust enrichment, first published in 1966 by Robert Goff and Gareth Jones as The Law of Restitution.
Goffredo Mameli
Goffredo Mameli was an Italian poet and patriot who wrote the lyrics of Il Canto degli Italiani, Italy's national anthem, and died at 21 defending the Roman Republic in 1849.
Goffredo Parise
Goffredo Parise (1929–1986) was an Italian writer and journalist from Vicenza who won the Premio Viareggio for Il padrone and the Premio Strega in 1982.
GoFibre
GoFibre, formerly Borderlink Broadband Limited, is an independent Edinburgh-based broadband company founded in 2017 that builds its own full-fiber network in rural Scotland and northern England, reaching 123,000 premises by 2025.
Goflikicept
Goflikicept (RPH-104), an R-Pharm IL-1α/IL-1β trap fusion protein with a 10-day half-life, dosed subcutaneously every 2 weeks; in a phase II/III trial for idiopathic recurrent pericarditis it gave 0% recurrences versus 90% on placebo.
GoFundMe
GoFundMe, also known as Gofundme.com, is a crowdfunding platform where individuals and charities raise donations for medical bills, emergencies, and disasters, with medical causes its largest category.
Gog and Magog
Gog and Magog, in the Quran Yajuj and Majuj, are apocalyptic enemy figures appearing in Ezekiel, Revelation 20, and the Quran as peoples behind a wall.
GOG.com
GOG.com, formerly Good Old Games, is a Warsaw-based DRM-free PC game storefront launched by CD Projekt in 2008, rebranded in 2012, and sold to co-founder Michał Kiciński in December 2025.
Goga Bitadze (გოგა ბითაძე)
Goga Bitadze (გოგა ბითაძე), Georgian NBA center-forward born 1999 in Sagarejo; 2019 first-round pick (18th) of the Pacers, now Orlando Magic; 2018-19 Adriatic League MVP and Euroleague Rising Star; Georgian national team regular.
Goga Kapoor (रविंदर कपूर)
Goga Kapoor, born Ravinder Kapoor (रविंदर कपूर), was an Indian actor known for villain roles in Hindi cinema and for playing Kans Mama in Mahabharat (1988).
Gogaji (गोगाजी)
Gogaji, also called Gugga or Jahar Peer, is a folk deity of snake-bite protection and healing worshipped by Hindus and Muslims across Rajasthan, with his main shrine and annual fair at Gogamedi.
Gogglebox
Gogglebox, British Channel 4 reality show first aired 7 March 2013, films opinionated households reacting to the week's TV from their sofas; produced by Studio Lambert, won BAFTAs in 2014 and 2022, adapted in 32 territories.
Gogglebox Australia
Gogglebox Australia: Australian adaptation of the UK observational format, produced by Endemol Shine Australia, jointly commissioned by Foxtel and Network Ten in 2015, first aired on LifeStyle then 10; Logie-winning households react weekly to television, moving to 10 and Paramount+ from season 21 (2025).
Goggles
Goggles are protective eyewear that fits closely to the face, sealing the eyes against chemicals, wind, water, dust, and particles during swimming, skiing, and lab work.