NASA ScienceCasts
NASA Science news is too exciting for plain text. Educational "ScienceCast" videos are fun, lively, entertaining--anything but plain. Join us for a new episode weekly as we look into the science behind discoveries on Earth, the Solar System, and beyond...
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ScienceCast 102: Glow-in-the-Dark Plants on the ISS
Can plants adapt to the novelty of climate change? Researchers ...
Can plants adapt to the novelty of climate change? Researchers seeking to answer this question have sent genetically engineered plants to the ISS for exposure to extreme conditions. To report their condition, the plants have learned to glow in the dark.
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ScienceCast 101: Saturn Close Up
Saturn and Earth are lining up for a beautiful view ...
Saturn and Earth are lining up for a beautiful view of the ringed planet. Saturn will be at its best and brightest on April 28th.
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ScienceCast 100: Comet ISON Meteor Shower
Sungrazing Comet ISON, expected to become a bright naked-eye object ...
Sungrazing Comet ISON, expected to become a bright naked-eye object later this year, might dust the Earth with meteoroids in early 2014. Researchers discuss the possibilities in this week's ScienceCast.
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ScienceCast 99: A Whiff of Dark Matter on the ISS
An advanced particle detector onboard the International Space Station may ...
An advanced particle detector onboard the International Space Station may have recorded its first whiff of Dark Matter. Researchers are excited about the possibility of finally understanding what this mysterious substance is made of.
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ScienceCast 98: Don't Let This Happen to Your Planet
A new instrument slated for launch to the ISS will ...
A new instrument slated for launch to the ISS will monitor Earth's protective ozone shell with greater depth and precision than ever before.
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ScienceCast 97: Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars
A comet is heading for Mars, and there is a ...
A comet is heading for Mars, and there is a chance that it might hit the Red Planet in October 2014.
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ScienceCast 96: Sunset Comet
Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and ...
Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft monitoring the comet has beamed back pictures of a wild and ragged tail.
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ScienceCast 95: Stormy Space Weather
Forecasters say solar maximum is due in 2013. To prepare, ...
Forecasters say solar maximum is due in 2013. To prepare, the UN is organizing an international response to stormy space weather.
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ScienceCast 94: Solar Max Double Peaked
Something unexpected is happening on the sun. 2013 is supposed ...
Something unexpected is happening on the sun. 2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, but solar activity is much lower than expected. At least one leading forecaster expects the sun to rebound with a double-peaked maximum later this year.
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ScienceCast 93: What Happened Over Russia?
Two weeks after an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, ...
Two weeks after an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, scientists are making progress understanding the origin and make-up of the unexpected space rock. This week's ScienceCast presents their latest results.
